Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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... thought it a masterstroke of policy to reward the able and unprin- cipled parent by promoting the inoffensive child . The revolution completed , the double government dissolved , the Company installed in the full sovereignty of Bengal ...
... thought it a masterstroke of policy to reward the able and unprin- cipled parent by promoting the inoffensive child . The revolution completed , the double government dissolved , the Company installed in the full sovereignty of Bengal ...
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... thought that his employer was in imminent danger of being turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , per- haps prosecuted . The opinion of the crown lawyers had already been taken respecting some parts of the instant . From that ...
... thought that his employer was in imminent danger of being turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , per- haps prosecuted . The opinion of the crown lawyers had already been taken respecting some parts of the instant . From that ...
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... thought that his employer was in imminent danger of being turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , per- haps prosecuted . The opinion of the crown lawyers had already been taken respecting some parts of the Governor - General's ...
... thought that his employer was in imminent danger of being turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , per- haps prosecuted . The opinion of the crown lawyers had already been taken respecting some parts of the Governor - General's ...
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... thought himself justified in producing the resignation with which he had been intrusted . The instrument was not in very accurate form ; but the Directors were too eager to be scrupulous . They accepted the resignation , fixed on Mr ...
... thought himself justified in producing the resignation with which he had been intrusted . The instrument was not in very accurate form ; but the Directors were too eager to be scrupulous . They accepted the resignation , fixed on Mr ...
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... thought more about his allowances , and less about . his duties , than might have been 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 ...
... thought more about his allowances , and less about . his duties , than might have been 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 ...
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