Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays: With a Memoir and Index, المجلد 5Sheldon and Company, 1860 |
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... truth is that the temptations to which so many English functionaries yielded in the time of Mr. Van- sittart were not temptations addressed to the ruling passions of Warren Hastings . He was not squeamish in pecuniary transactions ; but ...
... truth is that the temptations to which so many English functionaries yielded in the time of Mr. Van- sittart were not temptations addressed to the ruling passions of Warren Hastings . He was not squeamish in pecuniary transactions ; but ...
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... truth the most despotic power that can be conceived . The only restraint on the English masters of the country was that which their own justice and humanity imposed on them . There was no constitu- tional check on their will , and ...
... truth the most despotic power that can be conceived . The only restraint on the English masters of the country was that which their own justice and humanity imposed on them . There was no constitu- tional check on their will , and ...
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... truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor , than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by Lords of the Treasury , and members for the city that Bengal would ...
... truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor , than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by Lords of the Treasury , and members for the city that Bengal would ...
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... truth the sum of almost all the instructions that Hastings ever received from home . Now these instructions , being interpreted , mean simply , " Be the father and the oppressor of the people ; be just and un- just , moderate and ...
... truth the sum of almost all the instructions that Hastings ever received from home . Now these instructions , being interpreted , mean simply , " Be the father and the oppressor of the people ; be just and un- just , moderate and ...
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... truth of his story . The seal , whether forged , as Has- tings affirmed , or genuine , as we are rather inclined to believe , proved nothing . Nuncomar , as everybody knows , who knows India , had only to tell the Munny Begum that such ...
... truth of his story . The seal , whether forged , as Has- tings affirmed , or genuine , as we are rather inclined to believe , proved nothing . Nuncomar , as everybody knows , who knows India , had only to tell the Munny Begum that such ...
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