Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 13
... natives and with each other , were wholly occupied with ledgers and bills of lading . After two years passed in keeping accounts at Calcutta , Hastings was sent up the country to Cossim- bazar , a town which lies on the Hoogley , about ...
... natives and with each other , were wholly occupied with ledgers and bills of lading . After two years passed in keeping accounts at Calcutta , Hastings was sent up the country to Cossim- bazar , a town which lies on the Hoogley , about ...
Page 14
... native brokers . While he was thus engaged , Surajah Dowlah succeeded to the government , and declared war against the English . The defenceless settlement of Cossimbazar , lying close to the tyrant's capital , was instantly seized ...
... native brokers . While he was thus engaged , Surajah Dowlah succeeded to the government , and declared war against the English . The defenceless settlement of Cossimbazar , lying close to the tyrant's capital , was instantly seized ...
Page 16
... native population , help- less , timid , accustomed to crouch under oppression . To keep the stronger race from preying on the weaker was an undertaking which tasked to the utmost the talents and energy of Clive . Vansittart , with fair ...
... native population , help- less , timid , accustomed to crouch under oppression . To keep the stronger race from preying on the weaker was an undertaking which tasked to the utmost the talents and energy of Clive . Vansittart , with fair ...
Page 17
... natives a hundred or two hundred thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitution had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give ...
... natives a hundred or two hundred thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitution had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give ...
Page 21
... native , we have somewhere read , of Archangel . This young woman , who , born under the Arctic circle , was destined to play the part of a Queen under the tropic of Cancer , had an agreeable person , a cultivated mind , and manners in ...
... native , we have somewhere read , of Archangel . This young woman , who , born under the Arctic circle , was destined to play the part of a Queen under the tropic of Cancer , had an agreeable person , a cultivated mind , and manners in ...
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