Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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... soon established a high character for ability and resolution . The treason which at a later period was fatal to Surajah Dowlah was already in progress ; and Hastings was admitted to the deliberations of the conspirators . But the time ...
... soon established a high character for ability and resolution . The treason which at a later period was fatal to Surajah Dowlah was already in progress ; and Hastings was admitted to the deliberations of the conspirators . But the time ...
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... soon reduced to nothing , partly by his praiseworthy liberality , and partly by his misman- agement . Towards his relations he appears to have acted very generously . The greater part of his savings he left in Bengal , hoping probably ...
... soon reduced to nothing , partly by his praiseworthy liberality , and partly by his misman- agement . Towards his relations he appears to have acted very generously . The greater part of his savings he left in Bengal , hoping probably ...
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... referred in the most courtly terms , though with great dignity , to their short but agreeable intercourse . Hastings soon began to look again towards India . He had little to attach him to England ; and 12 WARREN HASTINGS .
... referred in the most courtly terms , though with great dignity , to their short but agreeable intercourse . Hastings soon began to look again towards India . He had little to attach him to England ; and 12 WARREN HASTINGS .
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... Soon after Hastings reached Calcutta , he received a letter ad- dressed by the Court of Directors , not to the council generally , but to himself in particular . He was di- rected to remove Mahommed Reza Kahn , to arrest him together ...
... Soon after Hastings reached Calcutta , he received a letter ad- dressed by the Court of Directors , not to the council generally , but to himself in particular . He was di- rected to remove Mahommed Reza Kahn , to arrest him together ...
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... soon after his liberation he died of a broken heart . The innocence of Mahommed Reza Khan was not so clearly established . But the Governor was not disposed to deal harshly . After a long hearing , in which Nuncomar appeared as the ...
... soon after his liberation he died of a broken heart . The innocence of Mahommed Reza Khan was not so clearly established . But the Governor was not disposed to deal harshly . After a long hearing , in which Nuncomar appeared as the ...
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