Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 10
... charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a school at Newington , where he was well taught but ill fed . He always attributed the smallness of his stature to the hard and scanty ...
... charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a school at Newington , where he was well taught but ill fed . He always attributed the smallness of his stature to the hard and scanty ...
Page 12
... charge , was desirous to rid himself of it as soon as possible . Dr. Nichols made strong remonstrances against the cruelty of interrupting the studies of a youth who seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even ...
... charge , was desirous to rid himself of it as soon as possible . Dr. Nichols made strong remonstrances against the cruelty of interrupting the studies of a youth who seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even ...
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... ; and it is equally certain that by cruelty and dishonesty he might easily have become rich . It is certain that he was never charged with having borne : a share in the worst abuses which then prevailed ; WARREN HASTINGS . 17.
... ; and it is equally certain that by cruelty and dishonesty he might easily have become rich . It is certain that he was never charged with having borne : a share in the worst abuses which then prevailed ; WARREN HASTINGS . 17.
Page 30
... charge against another Hindoo , and tried to sub- stantiate it by producing forged documents . On another occasion it was discovered that , while pro- fessing the strongest attachment to the English , he was engaged in several ...
... charge against another Hindoo , and tried to sub- stantiate it by producing forged documents . On another occasion it was discovered that , while pro- fessing the strongest attachment to the English , he was engaged in several ...
Page 31
... the city that Bengal would not only defray its own charges , but would afford an increased dividend to the proprietors of India stock , and large care . relief to the English finances . These absurd WARREN HASTINGS . 31.
... the city that Bengal would not only defray its own charges , but would afford an increased dividend to the proprietors of India stock , and large care . relief to the English finances . These absurd WARREN HASTINGS . 31.
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