Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitution had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give balls in St. James's Square . Of the ...
... thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitution had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give balls in St. James's Square . Of the ...
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... thousand pounds sterling a year . The personal allowance of the nabob , amounting to more than three hundred thousand pounds a year , passed through the minister's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection ...
... thousand pounds sterling a year . The personal allowance of the nabob , amounting to more than three hundred thousand pounds a year , passed through the minister's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection ...
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... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Company had bound itself to pay near three hundred thousand pounds a year to the Great Mogul , as a mark of homage for the provinces which he had intrusted to their care ; and they had ceded ...
... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Company had bound itself to pay near three hundred thousand pounds a year to the Great Mogul , as a mark of homage for the provinces which he had intrusted to their care ; and they had ceded ...
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... thousand pounds sterling , besides defraying all the charge of the troops while employed in his service . " I really cannot see , " says Mr. Gleig , " upon what grounds , either of political or moral justice , this proposition deserves ...
... thousand pounds sterling , besides defraying all the charge of the troops while employed in his service . " I really cannot see , " says Mr. Gleig , " upon what grounds , either of political or moral justice , this proposition deserves ...
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... thousand pounds ; and that he ought to be compelled to refund . The general feeling among the English in Bengal was strongly in favour of the Governor - General . In talents for business , in knowledge of the country , in general ...
... thousand pounds ; and that he ought to be compelled to refund . The general feeling among the English in Bengal was strongly in favour of the Governor - General . In talents for business , in knowledge of the country , in general ...
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