Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 34
... the Munny Begum . The office of treasurer of the household was bestowed on a son of Nuncomar , named Goordas . Nuncomar's services were wanted ; yet he could not safely be trusted with power ; and Hastings thought it 34 WARREN HASTINGS .
... the Munny Begum . The office of treasurer of the household was bestowed on a son of Nuncomar , named Goordas . Nuncomar's services were wanted ; yet he could not safely be trusted with power ; and Hastings thought it 34 WARREN HASTINGS .
Page 39
... wanted money , and not territory , determined to sell them . A purchaser was not wanting . The rich province of Oude had , in the general dissolution of the Mogul Empire , fallen to the share of the great Mussulman House by which it is ...
... wanted money , and not territory , determined to sell them . A purchaser was not wanting . The rich province of Oude had , in the general dissolution of the Mogul Empire , fallen to the share of the great Mussulman House by which it is ...
Page 43
... wanted . Hastings was in need of funds to carry on the govern- ment of Bengal , and to send remittances to London ; and Sujah Dowlah had an ample revenue . Sujah Dowlah was bent on subjugating the Rohillas ; and Hastings had at his ...
... wanted . Hastings was in need of funds to carry on the govern- ment of Bengal , and to send remittances to London ; and Sujah Dowlah had an ample revenue . Sujah Dowlah was bent on subjugating the Rohillas ; and Hastings had at his ...
Page 53
... wanted votes , they might buy land and become free- holders of Lancashire and Yorkshire . All this , we believe , might stand , with scarcely any change , for a character of Philip Francis . It is not strange that the great anonymous ...
... wanted votes , they might buy land and become free- holders of Lancashire and Yorkshire . All this , we believe , might stand , with scarcely any change , for a character of Philip Francis . It is not strange that the great anonymous ...
Page 103
... himself in the least about consistency ; and thus he scarcely ever failed to find what , to persons of short memories and scanty information , seemed to be a justification for what he wanted to do . Sometimes the WARREN HASTINGS . 103.
... himself in the least about consistency ; and thus he scarcely ever failed to find what , to persons of short memories and scanty information , seemed to be a justification for what he wanted to do . Sometimes the WARREN HASTINGS . 103.
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