Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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... person seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who was a prisoner at large in the immediate neighbourhood of the court . He thus became a diplomatic agent , and soon established a high character for ability and resolution . The ...
... person seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who was a prisoner at large in the immediate neighbourhood of the court . He thus became a diplomatic agent , and soon established a high character for ability and resolution . The ...
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... person to confer little services . It not seldom happens that serious distress and danger call forth , in genuine ... persons whose accomplishments would have at- tracted notice in any court of Europe . The gentleman had no domestic ties ...
... person to confer little services . It not seldom happens that serious distress and danger call forth , in genuine ... persons whose accomplishments would have at- tracted notice in any court of Europe . The gentleman had no domestic ties ...
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... person had been confided to the minister . Nuncomar , stimulated at once by cupidity and malice , had been constantly attempting to hurt the reputation of his successful rival . This was not difficult . The revenues of Bengal , under ...
... person had been confided to the minister . Nuncomar , stimulated at once by cupidity and malice , had been constantly attempting to hurt the reputation of his successful rival . This was not difficult . The revenues of Bengal , under ...
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... person and property . His person was intrusted to a lady of his father's harem , known by the name of the Munny Begum . The office of treasurer of the household was bestowed on a son of Nuncomar , named Goordas . Nuncomar's services ...
... person and property . His person was intrusted to a lady of his father's harem , known by the name of the Munny Begum . The office of treasurer of the household was bestowed on a son of Nuncomar , named Goordas . Nuncomar's services ...
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... person whatever . If this argument does not settle the ques- tion , there is an end of all reasoning on circumstantial evidence . The internal evidence seems to us to point the same way . The style of Francis bears a strong resemblance ...
... person whatever . If this argument does not settle the ques- tion , there is an end of all reasoning on circumstantial evidence . The internal evidence seems to us to point the same way . The style of Francis bears a strong resemblance ...
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