Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 112
... expected . The treasure laid up by Cheyte Sing had been popularly estimated at a million sterling . It turned out to be about a fourth part of that sum ; and , such as it was , it was seized by the army , and divided as prize - money ...
... expected . The treasure laid up by Cheyte Sing had been popularly estimated at a million sterling . It turned out to be about a fourth part of that sum ; and , such as it was , it was seized by the army , and divided as prize - money ...
Page 154
... expected from him a declaration to that effect . To the astonishment of all parties , he concluded by saying that , though he thought it right in Hastings to fine Cheyte Sing for contumacy , yet the amount of the fine was too great for ...
... expected from him a declaration to that effect . To the astonishment of all parties , he concluded by saying that , though he thought it right in Hastings to fine Cheyte Sing for contumacy , yet the amount of the fine was too great for ...
Page 173
... is a fine ceremony , and though it may have been useful in the seventeenth century , is not a pro- ceeding from which much good can now be expected . Whatever confidence may be placed in the decision of the WARREN HASTINGS . 173.
... is a fine ceremony , and though it may have been useful in the seventeenth century , is not a pro- ceeding from which much good can now be expected . Whatever confidence may be placed in the decision of the WARREN HASTINGS . 173.
Page 178
... expected . It was also generally approved . At the commencement of the trial there had been a strong and indeed unreasonable feeling against Hastings . At the close of the trial there was a feeling equally strong and equally ...
... expected . It was also generally approved . At the commencement of the trial there had been a strong and indeed unreasonable feeling against Hastings . At the close of the trial there was a feeling equally strong and equally ...
Page 184
... also certain that , on the important question which had raised Mr. Addington to power , and on which he differed from both Fox and Pitt , Hastings , as might have been expected , agreed with Fox and Pitt , and was 184 WARREN HASTINGS .
... also certain that , on the important question which had raised Mr. Addington to power , and on which he differed from both Fox and Pitt , Hastings , as might have been expected , agreed with Fox and Pitt , and was 184 WARREN HASTINGS .
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