Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 28
... present the Governor is , as to all executive measures , absolute . He can declare war , conclude peace , ap- point public functionaries or remove them , in oppo- sition to the unanimous sense of those who sit with him in council . They ...
... present the Governor is , as to all executive measures , absolute . He can declare war , conclude peace , ap- point public functionaries or remove them , in oppo- sition to the unanimous sense of those who sit with him in council . They ...
Page 79
... presents from Louis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mahrattas . Hastings immediately resolved to strike the first blow . The title of the Peshwa was not undisputed . A ...
... presents from Louis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mahrattas . Hastings immediately resolved to strike the first blow . The title of the Peshwa was not undisputed . A ...
Page 79
... presents from Louis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mahrattas . Hastings immediately resolved to strike the first blow . The title of the Peshwa was not undisputed . A ...
... presents from Louis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mahrattas . Hastings immediately resolved to strike the first blow . The title of the Peshwa was not undisputed . A ...
Page 82
... present a memorial to an English officer , who holds one of the highest em- ployments in India . A print of Coote hung in the room . The veteran recognized at once that face and figure which he had not seen for more than half a century ...
... present a memorial to an English officer , who holds one of the highest em- ployments in India . A print of Coote hung in the room . The veteran recognized at once that face and figure which he had not seen for more than half a century ...
Page 102
... present state of public law . It is this , that where an ambiguous question arises between two governments , there is , if they cannot agree , no appeal except to force , and that the opinion of the stronger must prevail . Almost every ...
... present state of public law . It is this , that where an ambiguous question arises between two governments , there is , if they cannot agree , no appeal except to force , and that the opinion of the stronger must prevail . Almost every ...
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