Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 12
... expected from the muni- ficence of the Company : and professors thoroughly competent to interpret Hafiz and Ferdusi were to be engaged in the East . Hastings called on Johnson , with the hope , as it should seem , of interesting in this ...
... expected from the muni- ficence of the Company : and professors thoroughly competent to interpret Hafiz and Ferdusi were to be engaged in the East . Hastings called on Johnson , with the hope , as it should seem , of interesting in this ...
Page 39
... to be suspicious and punctilious . When men are in such a frame of mind , any trifle is sufficient to give occasion for dispute . The members of Council expected a salute of twenty - one guns from the batteries of Fort WARREN HASTINGS . 39.
... to be suspicious and punctilious . When men are in such a frame of mind , any trifle is sufficient to give occasion for dispute . The members of Council expected a salute of twenty - one guns from the batteries of Fort WARREN HASTINGS . 39.
Page 61
... expected from so emi- nent a member of so noble a profession . Still he was perhaps the ablest officer that was then to be found in the British army . Among the native soldiers his name was great and his influence unrivalled . Nor is he ...
... expected from so emi- nent a member of so noble a profession . Still he was perhaps the ablest officer that was then to be found in the British army . Among the native soldiers his name was great and his influence unrivalled . Nor is he ...
Page 65
... expected from this strange tribunal . It came from beyond the black water , as the people of India , with mysterious horror , call the sea . It consisted of judges not one of whom was familiar with the usages of the millions over whom ...
... expected from this strange tribunal . It came from beyond the black water , as the people of India , with mysterious horror , call the sea . It consisted of judges not one of whom was familiar with the usages of the millions over whom ...
Page 73
... expected on the coast of Coromandel . Eng- land , beset by enemies on every side , was in no condi- tion to protect such remote dependencies . Then it was that the fertile genius and serene courage of Hastings achieved their most signal ...
... expected on the coast of Coromandel . Eng- land , beset by enemies on every side , was in no condi- tion to protect such remote dependencies . Then it was that the fertile genius and serene courage of Hastings achieved their most signal ...
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