Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 12
... called on Johnson , with the hope , as it should seem , of interesting in this project a man who enjoyed the highest literary reputa- tion , and who was particularly connected with Oxford . The interview appears to have left on ...
... called on Johnson , with the hope , as it should seem , of interesting in this project a man who enjoyed the highest literary reputa- tion , and who was particularly connected with Oxford . The interview appears to have left on ...
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... called into council by his wife and his wife's lover . It was arranged that the Baroness should institute a suit . for a divorce in the courts of Franconia , that the Baron should afford every facility to the proceeding , and that ...
... called into council by his wife and his wife's lover . It was arranged that the Baroness should institute a suit . for a divorce in the courts of Franconia , that the Baron should afford every facility to the proceeding , and that ...
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... called themselves the viceroys of the house of Tamerlane . In the same manner the Mahratta states , though really independent of each other , pretended to be members of one empire . They all acknowledged , by words and ceremonies , the ...
... called themselves the viceroys of the house of Tamerlane . In the same manner the Mahratta states , though really independent of each other , pretended to be members of one empire . They all acknowledged , by words and ceremonies , the ...
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... called out . If a servant of the Company , in conformity with the orders of the government , withstood the miserable catchpoles who , with Impey's writs in their hands , exceeded the insolence and rapacity of gang - robbers , he was ...
... called out . If a servant of the Company , in conformity with the orders of the government , withstood the miserable catchpoles who , with Impey's writs in their hands , exceeded the insolence and rapacity of gang - robbers , he was ...
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... , and were separately attacked . Baillie's detach- ment was destroyed . Munro was forced to abandon his baggage , to fling his guns into the tanks , and to save himself by a retreat which might be called a 72 WARREN HASTINGS .
... , and were separately attacked . Baillie's detach- ment was destroyed . Munro was forced to abandon his baggage , to fling his guns into the tanks , and to save himself by a retreat which might be called a 72 WARREN HASTINGS .
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