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Page 34
... Hastings assured him , that £ 6,000 had been paid to copying clerks in the India House , and that from this ... Hastings , for his services upon this occasion ; and the answer was " not one shilling ! " Not one shilling had Mr. Hudson ...
... Hastings assured him , that £ 6,000 had been paid to copying clerks in the India House , and that from this ... Hastings , for his services upon this occasion ; and the answer was " not one shilling ! " Not one shilling had Mr. Hudson ...
Page 57
... Hastings . He ought to have known , that this prince never claimed arbitrary power , that the principles he adopted were to govern by law , to repress the oppressions of his inferior governors , to recognise in the nobility the respect ...
... Hastings . He ought to have known , that this prince never claimed arbitrary power , that the principles he adopted were to govern by law , to repress the oppressions of his inferior governors , to recognise in the nobility the respect ...
Page 63
... Hastings , by whom it has latterly been oppressed and deso- lated . One of the books , which I have quoted , was written by Mr. Halhed ; and I shall not be accused of wantoning in fabulous antiquity , when I refer to another living ...
... Hastings , by whom it has latterly been oppressed and deso- lated . One of the books , which I have quoted , was written by Mr. Halhed ; and I shall not be accused of wantoning in fabulous antiquity , when I refer to another living ...
Page 79
... Hastings . If the rajah of Benares had formed a secret con- spiracy , Mr. Hastings had a state duty and a judicial duty to perform . He was bound , as governor , knowing of such a conspiracy , to provide for the public safety ; and , as ...
... Hastings . If the rajah of Benares had formed a secret con- spiracy , Mr. Hastings had a state duty and a judicial duty to perform . He was bound , as governor , knowing of such a conspiracy , to provide for the public safety ; and , as ...
Page 82
... Hastings access to the knowledge of the fact , from one or other of the numerous correspondents which he had in that country ? As to the rajah's supposed intrigues with the nabob of Oude , this man was an actual prisoner of Mr. Hastings ...
... Hastings access to the knowledge of the fact , from one or other of the numerous correspondents which he had in that country ? As to the rajah's supposed intrigues with the nabob of Oude , this man was an actual prisoner of Mr. Hastings ...
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