Warren HastingsChautauqua Press, 1886 - 183 pages |
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Page 211
... less about his duties , than might have been expected from so eminent a member of so noble a profession . Still he was perhaps the ablest officer that was then to be found in the British army . Among the na- tive soldiers his name was ...
... less about his duties , than might have been expected from so eminent a member of so noble a profession . Still he was perhaps the ablest officer that was then to be found in the British army . Among the na- tive soldiers his name was ...
Page 216
... less than a bribe . Impey was , by act of parliament , a judge , independent of the government of Bengal , and entitled to a salary of eight thousand a year . Hastings pro- posed to make him also a judge in the com- 216 BIOGRAPHICAL ...
... less than a bribe . Impey was , by act of parliament , a judge , independent of the government of Bengal , and entitled to a salary of eight thousand a year . Hastings pro- posed to make him also a judge in the com- 216 BIOGRAPHICAL ...
Page 274
... less tedious than it would otherwise have been by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper , the Clerk of the court , a near relation of the amiable poet . On the third day Burke rose . Four sittings were occupied by his opening ...
... less tedious than it would otherwise have been by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper , the Clerk of the court , a near relation of the amiable poet . On the third day Burke rose . Four sittings were occupied by his opening ...
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