Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 12
... seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even offered to bear the expense of sending his favourite pupil to Oxford . But Mr. Chiswick was inflexible . He thought the years which had already been wasted on hexameters ...
... seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even offered to bear the expense of sending his favourite pupil to Oxford . But Mr. Chiswick was inflexible . He thought the years which had already been wasted on hexameters ...
Page 14
... Fulda , near the mouth of the Hoogley . They ere naturally desirous to obtain full information re- pecting the proceedings of the Nabob ; and no person seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who 14 WARREN HASTINGS .
... Fulda , near the mouth of the Hoogley . They ere naturally desirous to obtain full information re- pecting the proceedings of the Nabob ; and no person seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who 14 WARREN HASTINGS .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Arthur Donald Innes. seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who was a prisoner at large in the immediate neighbourhood of the court . He thus became a diplomatic agent , and soon established ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Arthur Donald Innes. seemed so likely to furnish it as Hastings , who was a prisoner at large in the immediate neighbourhood of the court . He thus became a diplomatic agent , and soon established ...
Page 31
... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most un- doubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor ; than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most un- doubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor ; than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
Page 57
... seemed , into the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in . They were eagerly welcomed by the majority , who , to do them justice , were men of too much honour knowingly to ...
... seemed , into the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in . They were eagerly welcomed by the majority , who , to do them justice , were men of too much honour knowingly to ...
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