Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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... Empire ; in 1838 returned to England ; in 1840 was appointed " War Secretary ; " in 1842 wrote the " Lays of Ancient Rome ; in 1843 published three volumes of his " Essays ; " in 1846 , under the pre- miership of Lord John Russell , was ...
... Empire ; in 1838 returned to England ; in 1840 was appointed " War Secretary ; " in 1842 wrote the " Lays of Ancient Rome ; in 1843 published three volumes of his " Essays ; " in 1846 , under the pre- miership of Lord John Russell , was ...
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... empire . On one side was a band of English functionaries , daring , intelli- gent , eager to be rich . On the other side was a great native population , helpless , timid , accustomed to crouch under oppression . To keep the stronger ...
... empire . On one side was a band of English functionaries , daring , intelli- gent , eager to be rich . On the other side was a great native population , helpless , timid , accustomed to crouch under oppression . To keep the stronger ...
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... en- lightened a man to look on a great empire merely as a buccaneer would look on a galleon . Had his heart been much worse than it was , his understanding would have preserved him from that extremity of baseness . WARREN HASTINGS . 21.
... en- lightened a man to look on a great empire merely as a buccaneer would look on a galleon . Had his heart been much worse than it was , his understanding would have preserved him from that extremity of baseness . WARREN HASTINGS . 21.
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... Empire , fallen to the share of the great Mussulman House by which it is still governed . About twenty years ago , this House , by the permission of the British government , assumed the royal title ; but in the time of Warren Hastings ...
... Empire , fallen to the share of the great Mussulman House by which it is still governed . About twenty years ago , this House , by the permission of the British government , assumed the royal title ; but in the time of Warren Hastings ...
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... empire in India is a caput lupinum ? What would they have said if any other power had , on such a ground , attacked Madras or Calcutta , without the slightest provocation ? Such a defence was wanting to make the infamy of the ...
... empire in India is a caput lupinum ? What would they have said if any other power had , on such a ground , attacked Madras or Calcutta , without the slightest provocation ? Such a defence was wanting to make the infamy of the ...
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