Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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... minister of Cardross , had twelve children . One of them , Zachary , began life as overseer of an estate in Jamaica , saw the ills of slavery , and at the age of twenty - four went to Sierra Leone in the service of company formed to ...
... minister of Cardross , had twelve children . One of them , Zachary , began life as overseer of an estate in Jamaica , saw the ills of slavery , and at the age of twenty - four went to Sierra Leone in the service of company formed to ...
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... quite ignorant of all political business . The internal government of Bengal the English rulers delegated to a great native minister , who was stationed at Moorshedabad . All military affairs , and , 26 WARREN HASTINGS .
... quite ignorant of all political business . The internal government of Bengal the English rulers delegated to a great native minister , who was stationed at Moorshedabad . All military affairs , and , 26 WARREN HASTINGS .
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... minister's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the adminis- tration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high functionary ; and for the exercise of his immense ...
... minister's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his disposal . The collection of the revenue , the adminis- tration of justice , the maintenance of order , were left to this high functionary ; and for the exercise of his immense ...
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... minister . Nuncomar , stimulated at once by cupidity and malice , had been constantly attempting to hurt the reputation of his successful rival . This was not difficult . The revenues of Bengal , under the adminis- tration established ...
... minister . Nuncomar , stimulated at once by cupidity and malice , had been constantly attempting to hurt the reputation of his successful rival . This was not difficult . The revenues of Bengal , under the adminis- tration established ...
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... minister was roused from his slum- bers and informed that he was a prisoner . With the Mussulman gravity , he bent his head and submitted himself to the will of God . He fell not alone . A chief named Schitab Roy had been intrusted with ...
... minister was roused from his slum- bers and informed that he was a prisoner . With the Mussulman gravity , he bent his head and submitted himself to the will of God . He fell not alone . A chief named Schitab Roy had been intrusted with ...
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