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Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1st Baron). WARREN HASTINGS . ( OCTOBER , 1841. ) Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings , first Governor - General of Bengal . Compiled from Original Papers , by the Rev. G. R. GLeig , M.A. 3 vols ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1st Baron). WARREN HASTINGS . ( OCTOBER , 1841. ) Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings , first Governor - General of Bengal . Compiled from Original Papers , by the Rev. G. R. GLeig , M.A. 3 vols ...
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... Hastings sprang from an ancient and illustrious race . It has been affirmed that his pedigree can be traced back to the great Danish sea - king , whose sails were long the terror of both coasts ... Hastings of that time WARREN HASTINGS . 215.
... Hastings sprang from an ancient and illustrious race . It has been affirmed that his pedigree can be traced back to the great Danish sea - king , whose sails were long the terror of both coasts ... Hastings of that time WARREN HASTINGS . 215.
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... Hastings of Daylesford had presented his second son to the rectory of the parish in which the ancient residence of the family stood . The living was of little value ; and the situation of the poor clergyman , after the sale of the ...
... Hastings of Daylesford had presented his second son to the rectory of the parish in which the ancient residence of the family stood . The living was of little value ; and the situation of the poor clergyman , after the sale of the ...
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... Hastings of Daylesford . This purpose , formed in infancy and poverty , grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose . He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking ...
... Hastings of Daylesford . This purpose , formed in infancy and poverty , grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose . He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking ...
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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 any thing very wrong . His own life had ...
... 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 any thing very wrong . His own life had ...
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