Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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... head of the young volunteer would be more useful than his arm . When , after the battle of Plassey , Meer Jaffier was proclaimed Nabob of Bengal , Hastings was ap- pointed to reside at the court of the new prince as agent for the ...
... head of the young volunteer would be more useful than his arm . When , after the battle of Plassey , Meer Jaffier was proclaimed Nabob of Bengal , Hastings was ap- pointed to reside at the court of the new prince as agent for the ...
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... head of the government of Bengal . Early in 1772 he quitted Fort St. George for his new post . The Imhoffs , who were still man and wife , accompanied him , and lived at Calcutta on the same plan which they had already followed during ...
... head of the government of Bengal . Early in 1772 he quitted Fort St. George for his new post . The Imhoffs , who were still man and wife , accompanied him , and lived at Calcutta on the same plan which they had already followed during ...
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... head of the administration of Bengal . On the other 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 ...
... head of the administration of Bengal . On the other 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 ...
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... head and submitted himself to the will of God . fell not alone . A chief named Schitab Roy had been intrusted with the government of Bahar . His valour and his attachment to the English had more than once een signally proved . On that ...
... head and submitted himself to the will of God . fell not alone . A chief named Schitab Roy had been intrusted with the government of Bahar . His valour and his attachment to the English had more than once een signally proved . On that ...
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... head of their race and religion , a Brahmin of the Brahmins . He had inherited the purest and highest caste . He had practised with the greatest punctuality all those ceremonies to which the superstitious Ben- galees ascribe far more ...
... head of their race and religion , a Brahmin of the Brahmins . He had inherited the purest and highest caste . He had practised with the greatest punctuality all those ceremonies to which the superstitious Ben- galees ascribe far more ...
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