The Letters of Warren Hastings to His WifeW. Blackwood, 1905 - 484 sider |
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... at his first preparatory school at Newington Butts . He seems to have been a martyr to dyspepsia for the greater part of his life , and his letters testify to the Spartan regimen1 which kept him in 8 LETTERS OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... at his first preparatory school at Newington Butts . He seems to have been a martyr to dyspepsia for the greater part of his life , and his letters testify to the Spartan regimen1 which kept him in 8 LETTERS OF WARREN HASTINGS .
Side 9
... seems never to have felt any inclination towards field - sports , which were to be enjoyed in those days comfortably near Calcutta — we 1 See infra , pp . 323 , 364 . 2 Gleig , III . 336 . read of four tigers killed near Chinsura in ...
... seems never to have felt any inclination towards field - sports , which were to be enjoyed in those days comfortably near Calcutta — we 1 See infra , pp . 323 , 364 . 2 Gleig , III . 336 . read of four tigers killed near Chinsura in ...
Side 13
... seems to have resigned himself at last to keeping only the ordinary animals of the country - side , making pets in his old age of his Jersey cows as he had formerly done of his beautiful Arabs . Other people admire them for their beauty ...
... seems to have resigned himself at last to keeping only the ordinary animals of the country - side , making pets in his old age of his Jersey cows as he had formerly done of his beautiful Arabs . Other people admire them for their beauty ...
Side 25
... seems to be in the nature of a threat , but there is unfortunately nothing to show how the appeal was answered . Among so many applicants , some were sure to be undeserving , and it is a curious feature in Hastings ' character , that ...
... seems to be in the nature of a threat , but there is unfortunately nothing to show how the appeal was answered . Among so many applicants , some were sure to be undeserving , and it is a curious feature in Hastings ' character , that ...
Side 28
... seems to have appeared quite natural . Thompson writes with enthusiasm of " the Manners of my dear Mrs Hastings , which , upon my Honor , I have always admired as peculiarly dignified , sweet and graceful , " and Scott says , " Well ...
... seems to have appeared quite natural . Thompson writes with enthusiasm of " the Manners of my dear Mrs Hastings , which , upon my Honor , I have always admired as peculiarly dignified , sweet and graceful , " and Scott says , " Well ...
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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