Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 10
... 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 fare of this seminary ...
... 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 fare of this seminary ...
Page 17
... give balls in St. James's Square . Of the conduct of Hastings at this time little is known ; but the little that is known , and the circumstance that little is known , must be con- sidered as honourable to him . He could not protect the ...
... give balls in St. James's Square . Of the conduct of Hastings at this time little is known ; but the little that is known , and the circumstance that little is known , must be con- sidered as honourable to him . He could not protect the ...
Page 28
... give a notion to those who are acquainted with human nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar to ...
... give a notion to those who are acquainted with human nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar to ...
Page 47
... gives to an- other irresistible power over human beings , is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point so clear . We hasten to the end of this sad and ...
... gives to an- other irresistible power over human beings , is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point so clear . We hasten to the end of this sad and ...
Page 54
... give occa- sion for dispute . The members of Council expected a salute of twenty - one guns from the batteries of Fort William . Hastings allowed them only seventeen . They landed in ill - humour . The first civilities were exchanged ...
... give occa- sion for dispute . The members of Council expected a salute of twenty - one guns from the batteries of Fort William . Hastings allowed them only seventeen . They landed in ill - humour . The first civilities were exchanged ...
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