Warren HastingsChautauqua Press, 1886 - 183 pages |
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Page 176
... received no intimation of these meas- ures till the prisoners were on their road to Calcutta . The inquiry into the conduct of the min- ister was postponed on different pretences . he was detained in an easy confinement during many ...
... received no intimation of these meas- ures till the prisoners were on their road to Calcutta . The inquiry into the conduct of the min- ister was postponed on different pretences . he was detained in an easy confinement during many ...
Page 178
... received from home . these instructions , being interpreted , mean simply , " Be the father and the oppressor of the people ; be just and unjust , moderate and rapacious . " The Directors dealt with India , as the church , in the good ...
... received from home . these instructions , being interpreted , mean simply , " Be the father and the oppressor of the people ; be just and unjust , moderate and rapacious . " The Directors dealt with India , as the church , in the good ...
Page 194
... received a great sum for appointing Rajah Goordas treasurer of the Nabob's household , and for committing the care of his Highness's person to the Munny Begum . He put in a letter purporting to bear the seal of the Munny Begum , for the ...
... received a great sum for appointing Rajah Goordas treasurer of the Nabob's household , and for committing the care of his Highness's person to the Munny Begum . He put in a letter purporting to bear the seal of the Munny Begum , for the ...
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