Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 30
... Warren Hastings , the Maharajah Nuncomar . This man had played an important part in all the revolutions which , since the time of Surajah Dowlah , had taken place in Bengal . To the consideration which in that 30 WARREN HASTINGS .
... Warren Hastings , the Maharajah Nuncomar . This man had played an important part in all the revolutions which , since the time of Surajah Dowlah , had taken place in Bengal . To the consideration which in that 30 WARREN HASTINGS .
Page 31
... Nuncomar to other Bengal- ees . The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy . He lives in a constant vapor bath . His pursuits are sedentary , his limbs delicate , his movements languid . During many ages he ...
... Nuncomar to other Bengal- ees . The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy . He lives in a constant vapor bath . His pursuits are sedentary , his limbs delicate , his movements languid . During many ages he ...
Page 32
... Nuncomar the national character was strongly and with exaggeration personified . The Company's servants had repeatedly detected him in the most criminal intrigues . On one occasion he brought a false charge against another Hindoo , and ...
... Nuncomar the national character was strongly and with exaggeration personified . The Company's servants had repeatedly detected him in the most criminal intrigues . On one occasion he brought a false charge against another Hindoo , and ...
Page 33
... Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged that the artful Hindoo might be intrusted with the government , Clive , after some hesitation , decided honestly and wisely in favor of Mahommed Reza Khan . When Hastings became ...
... Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged that the artful Hindoo might be intrusted with the government , Clive , after some hesitation , decided honestly and wisely in favor of Mahommed Reza Khan . When Hastings became ...
Page 34
... Nuncomar , for Nuncomar had agents even in Leadenhall Street . Soon after Hastings reached Calcutta , he received a letter addressed by the Court of Directors , not to the Council generally , but to himself in particular . He was ...
... Nuncomar , for Nuncomar had agents even in Leadenhall Street . Soon after Hastings reached Calcutta , he received a letter addressed by the Court of Directors , not to the Council generally , but to himself in particular . He was ...
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