Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 21
... hand , he could not bring himself to confer immense power on a man to whom every sort of vil- lainy had repeatedly been brought home . Therefore , though the nabob , over whom Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged ...
... hand , he could not bring himself to confer immense power on a man to whom every sort of vil- lainy had repeatedly been brought home . Therefore , though the nabob , over whom Nuncomar had by intrigue acquired great influence , begged ...
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... hand , Hastings had no feelings of hostility . Nevertheless he proceeded to execute the in- structions of the Company with an alacrity which he never showed , except when instructions were in per- fect conformity with his own views . He ...
... hand , Hastings had no feelings of hostility . Nevertheless he proceeded to execute the in- structions of the Company with an alacrity which he never showed , except when instructions were in per- fect conformity with his own views . He ...
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... hand , and with solemn reverence paid his military obeisance to the dead . Coote , though he did not , like Barwell , vote con- stantly with the Governor - General , was by no means inclined to join in systematic opposition , and on ...
... hand , and with solemn reverence paid his military obeisance to the dead . Coote , though he did not , like Barwell , vote con- stantly with the Governor - General , was by no means inclined to join in systematic opposition , and on ...
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... hand , the sacred apart- ments of their women . Nay , it seemed as if even the faint - hearted Bengalee , who had ... hands , exceeded the insolence and rapacity of gang - robbers , he was flung into prison for a contempt . The lapse of ...
... hand , the sacred apart- ments of their women . Nay , it seemed as if even the faint - hearted Bengalee , who had ... hands , exceeded the insolence and rapacity of gang - robbers , he was flung into prison for a contempt . The lapse of ...
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... hand , that Hastings may have been the more willing to resort to an expedient agreeable to the Chief Justice , because that high func- tionary had already been so serviceable , and might , when existing dissensions were composed , be ...
... hand , that Hastings may have been the more willing to resort to an expedient agreeable to the Chief Justice , because that high func- tionary had already been so serviceable , and might , when existing dissensions were composed , be ...
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