Warren HastingsChautauqua Press, 1886 - 183 pages |
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Page 203
... Company . As Lady Macbeth says of her husband , they " would not play false , and yet would wrongly win . " The Regulating Act , by which Hastings had been appointed Governor - General for five years , empowered the Crown to remove him ...
... Company . As Lady Macbeth says of her husband , they " would not play false , and yet would wrongly win . " The Regulating Act , by which Hastings had been appointed Governor - General for five years , empowered the Crown to remove him ...
Page 224
... Company . From that time the Rajah was the vassal of the government of Bengal , acknowledged its su- premacy , and engaged to send an annual trib- ute to Fort William . This tribute Cheyte Sing , the reigning prince , had paid with ...
... Company . From that time the Rajah was the vassal of the government of Bengal , acknowledged its su- premacy , and engaged to send an annual trib- ute to Fort William . This tribute Cheyte Sing , the reigning prince , had paid with ...
Page 228
... Company's treasury , and insisted that the Rajah should instantly comply with the demands of the English gov- ernment . The Rajah , after the fashion of his countrymen , shuffled , solicited , and pleaded poverty . The grasp of Hastings ...
... Company's treasury , and insisted that the Rajah should instantly comply with the demands of the English gov- ernment . The Rajah , after the fashion of his countrymen , shuffled , solicited , and pleaded poverty . The grasp of Hastings ...
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