Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 19
... regarded by other servants of the Company merely as the means of communicating with weavers and money - changers , his enlarged and accomplished mind sought in Asiatic learning for new forms of intellectual enjoyment , and for new views ...
... regarded by other servants of the Company merely as the means of communicating with weavers and money - changers , his enlarged and accomplished mind sought in Asiatic learning for new forms of intellectual enjoyment , and for new views ...
Page 27
... regarded as a corrupt and greedy politician . But , tried by the lower standard of Indian morality , he might be considered as a man of integrity and honour . His competitor was a Hindoo Brahmin whose name has , WARREN HASTINGS . 23 27.
... regarded as a corrupt and greedy politician . But , tried by the lower standard of Indian morality , he might be considered as a man of integrity and honour . His competitor was a Hindoo Brahmin whose name has , WARREN HASTINGS . 23 27.
Page 47
... regarded as the best of all sepoys at the cold steel ; and it was very recently remarked , by one who had enjoyed great opportunities of observa- tion , that the only natives of India to whom the word " gentleman " can with perfect ...
... regarded as the best of all sepoys at the cold steel ; and it was very recently remarked , by one who had enjoyed great opportunities of observa- tion , that the only natives of India to whom the word " gentleman " can with perfect ...
Page 53
... regarded the most defective parts of old institutions with a respect amounting to pedantry , pleaded the cause of Old Sarum with fervour , and contemptuously told the capitalists of Manchester and Leeds that , if they wanted votes ...
... regarded the most defective parts of old institutions with a respect amounting to pedantry , pleaded the cause of Old Sarum with fervour , and contemptuously told the capitalists of Manchester and Leeds that , if they wanted votes ...
Page 57
... regarded as helpless . The power to make or mar the fortune of every man in Bengal had passed , as it seemed , into the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in . They were ...
... regarded as helpless . The power to make or mar the fortune of every man in Bengal had passed , as it seemed , into the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in . They were ...
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