Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 8
... length utterly ruined . His eldest son , Howard , a well - conducted young man , obtained a place in the Customs . The second son , Pynaston , an idle worthless boy , married before he was sixteen , lost uis wife in two years , and died ...
... length utterly ruined . His eldest son , Howard , a well - conducted young man , obtained a place in the Customs . The second son , Pynaston , an idle worthless boy , married before he was sixteen , lost uis wife in two years , and died ...
Page 10
... length closed for ever , it was to Daylesford that he retired to die . When he was eight years old , his uncle Howard determined to take charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a ...
... length closed for ever , it was to Daylesford that he retired to die . When he was eight years old , his uncle Howard determined to take charge of him , and to give him a liberal education . The boy went up to London , and was sent to a ...
Page 62
... length . At last a verdict of guilty was returned , and the Chief Justice pronounced sentence of death on the prisoner . That Impey ought to have respited Nuncomar we hold to be perfectly clear . Whether the whole proceed- ing was not ...
... length . At last a verdict of guilty was returned , and the Chief Justice pronounced sentence of death on the prisoner . That Impey ought to have respited Nuncomar we hold to be perfectly clear . Whether the whole proceed- ing was not ...
Page 66
... length the mournful procession came through the crowd . Nun- comar sat up in his palanquin , and looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly connected with him . Their cries and ...
... length the mournful procession came through the crowd . Nun- comar sat up in his palanquin , and looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly connected with him . Their cries and ...
Page 76
... length brought his van- quished rival in triumph to the gay circle which sur- rounded the bride . The exertion was too much for a frame broken by mortification as well as by disease . Clavering died a few days later . Wheler , who came ...
... length brought his van- quished rival in triumph to the gay circle which sur- rounded the bride . The exertion was too much for a frame broken by mortification as well as by disease . Clavering died a few days later . Wheler , who came ...
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