Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 55
... majority . They instantly wrested the government out of the hands of Hastings , condemned , certainly not without justice , his late dealings with the Nabob Vizier , re- called the English agent from Oude , and sent thither a creature ...
... majority . They instantly wrested the government out of the hands of Hastings , condemned , certainly not without justice , his late dealings with the Nabob Vizier , re- called the English agent from Oude , and sent thither a creature ...
Page 57
... majority , who , to do them justice , were men of too much honour knowingly to countenance false accusations , but who were not sufficiently acquainted with the East to be aware that , in that part of the world , a very little ...
... majority , who , to do them justice , were men of too much honour knowingly to countenance false accusations , but who were not sufficiently acquainted with the East to be aware that , in that part of the world , a very little ...
Page 59
... majority of the Council , in order to procure her attestation . The majority , however , voted that the charge was made out ; that Hastings had corruptly received between thirty and forty thousand pounds ; and that he ought to be ...
... majority of the Council , in order to procure her attestation . The majority , however , voted that the charge was made out ; that Hastings had corruptly received between thirty and forty thousand pounds ; and that he ought to be ...
Page 60
... majority of the Council condescended to repair . His house was an office for the purpose of receiving charges against the Governor - General . It was said that , partly by threats , and partly by wheedling , the villanous Brahmin had ...
... majority of the Council condescended to repair . His house was an office for the purpose of receiving charges against the Governor - General . It was said that , partly by threats , and partly by wheedling , the villanous Brahmin had ...
Page 61
... majority of the body which made treaties , gave places , raised taxes . The separation between political and judicial functions was a thing of which he had no conception . It had probably never occurred to him that there was in Bengal ...
... majority of the body which made treaties , gave places , raised taxes . The separation between political and judicial functions was a thing of which he had no conception . It had probably never occurred to him that there was in Bengal ...
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