Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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... England as secretary to that company , and married a Quakeress , Selina Mills , who had been a pupil , and who remained a friend , of Hannah More and her sisters . Zachary's sister Jean had married Mr. Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple ...
... England as secretary to that company , and married a Quakeress , Selina Mills , who had been a pupil , and who remained a friend , of Hannah More and her sisters . Zachary's sister Jean had married Mr. Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple ...
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... England with the independence necessary to political success . In 1834 Macaulay went to India with a sister Hannah , who there married Charles ( afterwards Sir Charles ) Trevelyan . In India Macaulay worked in- defatigably . He became ...
... England with the independence necessary to political success . In 1834 Macaulay went to India with a sister Hannah , who there married Charles ( afterwards Sir Charles ) Trevelyan . In India Macaulay worked in- defatigably . He became ...
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... In 1764 Hastings returned to England . He had realised only a very moderate fortune ; and that mode- rate fortune was soon reduced to nothing , partly by his 1 praiseworthy liberality , and partly by his mismanage- ment 18 WARREN HASTINGS .
... In 1764 Hastings returned to England . He had realised only a very moderate fortune ; and that mode- rate fortune was soon reduced to nothing , partly by his 1 praiseworthy liberality , and partly by his mismanage- ment 18 WARREN HASTINGS .
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... England . Of his life at this time very little is known . But it has been asserted , and is highly probable , that liberal studies and the society of men of letters occupied a great part of his time . It is to be remembered to his ...
... England . Of his life at this time very little is known . But it has been asserted , and is highly probable , that liberal studies and the society of men of letters occupied a great part of his time . It is to be remembered to his ...
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... England ; and his pecuniary embarrassments were great . He solicited his old masters the Directors for employment . They acceded to his request , with high compliments both to his abilities and to his integrity , and appointed him a ...
... England ; and his pecuniary embarrassments were great . He solicited his old masters the Directors for employment . They acceded to his request , with high compliments both to his abilities and to his integrity , and appointed him a ...
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