Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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... Hastings in October , 1841. Its date was the year be- fore the publication of the Lays of Ancient Rome , and six years before the withdrawal from political life ... HASTINGS WARREN HASTINGS sprang from an ancient and illus- vi INTRODUCTION .
... Hastings in October , 1841. Its date was the year be- fore the publication of the Lays of Ancient Rome , and six years before the withdrawal from political life ... HASTINGS WARREN HASTINGS sprang from an ancient and illus- vi INTRODUCTION .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Arthur Donald Innes. WARREN HASTINGS WARREN HASTINGS sprang from an ancient and illus- trious race . It has been affirmed that his pedigree can be traced back to the great Danish sea - king ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Arthur Donald Innes. WARREN HASTINGS WARREN HASTINGS sprang from an ancient and illus- trious race . It has been affirmed that his pedigree can be traced back to the great Danish sea - king ...
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... Hastings of that time was a zealous Cavalier . He raised money on his lands , sent his plate to the mint at Oxford , joined the royal army , and , after spend- ing half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom ...
... Hastings of that time was a zealous Cavalier . He raised money on his lands , sent his plate to the mint at Oxford , joined the royal army , and , after spend- ing half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom ...
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... Hastings the Governor - General only as the Hastings with whom he had rowed on the Thames and played in the cloister , and refused to believe that so good - tempered a fellow could have done anything very wrong . His own life had been ...
... Hastings the Governor - General only as the Hastings with whom he had rowed on the Thames and played in the cloister , and refused to believe that so good - tempered a fellow could have done anything very wrong . His own life had been ...
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... Hastings died , bequeathing his nephew to the care of a friend and distant relation , named Chiswick . This gentleman , though he did not absolutely refuse the charge , was desirous to rid himself of it as soon as possible . Dr. Nichols ...
... Hastings died , bequeathing his nephew to the care of a friend and distant relation , named Chiswick . This gentleman , though he did not absolutely refuse the charge , was desirous to rid himself of it as soon as possible . Dr. Nichols ...
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