The Letters of Warren Hastings to His WifeW. Blackwood, 1905 - 484 sider |
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... Houses , and especially the House of Commons , were strongly prejudiced against the Company , and resolved on cur- tailing its powers , but " I was heard , " he writes , " with the most respectful attention ; and when I made my bow on ...
... Houses , and especially the House of Commons , were strongly prejudiced against the Company , and resolved on cur- tailing its powers , but " I was heard , " he writes , " with the most respectful attention ; and when I made my bow on ...
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... dress by a lady visitor , ' and its plainness is mentioned again and again on his return to England . The gold- Hartly House . ' Dublin , 1789 . laced coat , which was as much a mark of 16 LETTERS OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... dress by a lady visitor , ' and its plainness is mentioned again and again on his return to England . The gold- Hartly House . ' Dublin , 1789 . laced coat , which was as much a mark of 16 LETTERS OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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... House served alternately as a hotel , a hospital , and an orphan asylum for the benefit of members of the Services and their relatives , and it provided what was practically a " free breakfast - table " for Europeans in Calcutta . If ...
... House served alternately as a hotel , a hospital , and an orphan asylum for the benefit of members of the Services and their relatives , and it provided what was practically a " free breakfast - table " for Europeans in Calcutta . If ...
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... House , which he was very reluctant to put to the test . equally difficult for him to supply the recommendations for which he was so often asked . Twenty years after his departure , so General Palmer writes , there was scarcely any one ...
... House , which he was very reluctant to put to the test . equally difficult for him to supply the recommendations for which he was so often asked . Twenty years after his departure , so General Palmer writes , there was scarcely any one ...
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... house . . . is a perfect bijou ; most superbly fitted up with all that unbounded affluence can display ; but still deficient in that simple elegance which the wealthy so seldom obtain . " Here again appears the difference between the ...
... house . . . is a perfect bijou ; most superbly fitted up with all that unbounded affluence can display ; but still deficient in that simple elegance which the wealthy so seldom obtain . " Here again appears the difference between the ...
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The Letters of Warren Hastings to His Wife: Transcribed in Full from the ... Warren Hastings Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1905 |
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Adieu Afrasiab Afrasiab Khan appears appointed arrived Baugulpoor Begum beloved Benares Bengal Bengal Gazette bless British budgerow Calcutta Captain Chait Singh Chanar charge Charles Chinsura Colonel command Coote Council Court of Directors Crown 8vo D'Oyly daughter Daylesford dear Demy 8vo departure despatched Dr Busteed England English Francis friends Gleig Governor Governor-General Haidar happy Hastings writes Health hope House husband Imhoff Impression India infra journey Lady leave letter Lord Lord Macartney Lucknow Madras Major Scott Marathas Marian MARIAN,-I married McPherson mentioned Mind Miss Month Morning Motte Munny Munny Begum Nabob native Nawab Nawab-Vizier Oudh Palmer Papers Patna Portrait possession present Prince Rajah received river rupees Sands says Scotland Scott Waring seems sent Sepoys ship Sindhia Sir Eyre Coote Sir John St Helena Sulivan Thompson tion troops vols voyage Warren Hastings Wheler wife William wish Woodman written