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The Life of Charles Grant, Sometime Member of Parliament and Director of the East India Company (Paperback)
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The Life of Charles Grant, Sometime Member of Parliament and Director of the East India Company (Paperback)
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book
(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.
1904 Excerpt: ...home with Dundas and Pitt, and staid awhile,
discussing Mission business in hand." 1 The next entry is:
--"Breakfasted early with Dundas and Eliot on Mission business;
Dundas complying, and appointing us to dinner again, where Grant
and David Scott also--sat long."2 (It was then in contemplation to
appoint Mr Eliot as Governor-General.) "26th.--Grant, Eliot, and
Babington at dinner--consultation on East Indian missions, and
discussing all the evening." A few weeks later there were further
discussions. "February 1797.--... There is considerable probability
of our being permitted to send to the East Indies a certain number
of persons--I presume we shall want ten or twelve--for the purpose
of instructing the natives in the English language, and in the
principles of Christianity. But the plan will need much
deliberation. I really dare not plunge into such a depth as is
required without previous sounding; lest, instead of pearls and
corals, I should come up with my head covered only with sea-weed,
and become a fair laughing-stock to the listless and
unenterprising. When I return to town, we will hold a cabinet 1
Wilberforce's Life, vol. ii. p. 186. Memoirs of the Life and
Correspondence of the Rev. C. Simeon, by the Rev. Canon Carus, p.
117. Third edition. Hatchards, 1848. a Wilberforce's Life, vol. ii.
p. 186. -799l CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY 191 council on the
business. Henry Thornton, Grant, and myself are the junto."1 The
name of the Rev. Charles Simeon next occurs in Wilberforce's Diary.
"20th July 1797.--To town, and back to dine at Henry Thornton's,
where Simeon and Grant to talk "22nd July.--Simeon with us--his
heart glowing with love for Christ." "How full he is of love, and
of desire to promote ...
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Rarebooksclub.com
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2012 |
First published: |
May 2012 |
Authors: |
Henry Morris
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
130 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-150-02105-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-150-02105-5 |
Barcode: |
9781150021053 |
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