Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... Bengal . Compiled from Original Papers , by the Rev. G. R. GLEIG , M.A. 3 vols . 8vo . London : 1841 . WE are inclined to think that we shall best meet the wishes of our readers , if , instead of minutely examining this book , we ...
... Bengal . Compiled from Original Papers , by the Rev. G. R. GLEIG , M.A. 3 vols . 8vo . London : 1841 . WE are inclined to think that we shall best meet the wishes of our readers , if , instead of minutely examining this book , we ...
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... Bengal , and arrived at his destination in the October following . He was immediately placed at a desk in the Secretary's office at Calcutta , and laboured there during two years . Fort William was then purely a commercial settlement ...
... Bengal , and arrived at his destination in the October following . He was immediately placed at a desk in the Secretary's office at Calcutta , and laboured there during two years . Fort William was then purely a commercial settlement ...
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... Bengal , Hastings was ap- pointed to reside at the court of the new prince as agent for the Company . 8 He remained at Moorshedabad till the year 1761 , when he be- came a member of Council , and was consequently forced to reside at ...
... Bengal , Hastings was ap- pointed to reside at the court of the new prince as agent for the Company . 8 He remained at Moorshedabad till the year 1761 , when he be- came a member of Council , and was consequently forced to reside at ...
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... Bengal it was impossible to struggle . The superior intelligence and energy of the dominant class made their power irresistible . A war of Bengalees against Englishmen was like a war of sheep against wolves , of men against dæmons . The ...
... Bengal it was impossible to struggle . The superior intelligence and energy of the dominant class made their power irresistible . A war of Bengalees against Englishmen was like a war of sheep against wolves , of men against dæmons . The ...
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... Bengal , hoping probably to obtain the high usury of India . But high usury and bad security generally go together ; and Hastings lost both interest and principal . He remained four years in England . Of his life at this time very ...
... Bengal , hoping probably to obtain the high usury of India . But high usury and bad security generally go together ; and Hastings lost both interest and principal . He remained four years in England . Of his life at this time very ...
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