The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 3 (1912)
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ofmany cruel and unjust acts, and in the end hewas impeached by the House of Commons. Thetrial lasted seven years, ending with his acquittal. Whatever his faults may have been, Hastingsearned the gratitude of this country by followingup Clives policy of stopping the servants of thecompany from… … log 110 GLIMPSES OF ASIATIC COUNTRIES sway over the greater part of the peninsula, buta terrible experience was in store for the Eng-lish nation. Many things combined to weaken itsinfluence in India, chief among which were adisaster to British soldiers in Afghanistan, thefaith of the natives in a…
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