Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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Page 8
... taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Hastings . The fugitive governor and his companions had taken refuge on the dreary islet of Fulda , near the mouth ...
... taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Hastings . The fugitive governor and his companions had taken refuge on the dreary islet of Fulda , near the mouth ...
Page 12
... taken in company . Ceremony is to a great extent banished . It is every day in the power of a mischievous person to inflict innumerable annoyances . It is every day in the power of an amiable person to confer little services . It not ...
... taken in company . Ceremony is to a great extent banished . It is every day in the power of a mischievous person to inflict innumerable annoyances . It is every day in the power of an amiable person to confer little services . It not ...
Page 15
... taken place in Bengal . To the consideration which in that country belongs to high and pure caste , he added the weight which is derived from wealth , talents , and experience . Of his moral character it is difficult to give a notion to ...
... taken place in Bengal . To the consideration which in that country belongs to high and pure caste , he added the weight which is derived from wealth , talents , and experience . Of his moral character it is difficult to give a notion to ...
Page 28
... taken for granted , that the acknowledged compositions of Francis are very decidedly in- ferior to the anonymous letters . The argument from inferiority , at all events , is one which may be urged with at least equal force against every ...
... taken for granted , that the acknowledged compositions of Francis are very decidedly in- ferior to the anonymous letters . The argument from inferiority , at all events , is one which may be urged with at least equal force against every ...
Page 31
... taken from him . The natives soon found this out . They considered him as a fallen man ; and they acted after their kind . Some of our readers may have seen , in India , a cloud of crows pecking a sick vulture to death , no bad type of ...
... taken from him . The natives soon found this out . They considered him as a fallen man ; and they acted after their kind . Some of our readers may have seen , in India , a cloud of crows pecking a sick vulture to death , no bad type of ...
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