The History of British India, Том 3Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row., 1817 |
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... defence . To the Directors , the offence , when it came before them , must have appeared of a very trivial sort . About the restoration of Mr. Macpherson they seem not to have hesitated . Their only anxiety was to restore him , without ...
... defence . To the Directors , the offence , when it came before them , must have appeared of a very trivial sort . About the restoration of Mr. Macpherson they seem not to have hesitated . Their only anxiety was to restore him , without ...
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... defence of his own conduct and of theirs . The apology was written , under date the 30th of March , 1783. It consisted of the following particulars ; First , an assertion , that the transactions in which he had been engaged for the ...
... defence of his own conduct and of theirs . The apology was written , under date the 30th of March , 1783. It consisted of the following particulars ; First , an assertion , that the transactions in which he had been engaged for the ...
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... defence , however , of Mr. Dundas is not less inconsistent than his conduct . His profession of a belief that he himself was to be the object of the prosecution , was an affectation of wit , which proved not , though Mr. Hastings were ...
... defence , however , of Mr. Dundas is not less inconsistent than his conduct . His profession of a belief that he himself was to be the object of the prosecution , was an affectation of wit , which proved not , though Mr. Hastings were ...
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... defence ; * and the House voted , thy of im- peachment . by a majority of 119 to 67 , that no impeachable matter was contained in the charge . It was not without reason , that the friends of Mr. Hastings now triumphed in the prospect of ...
... defence ; * and the House voted , thy of im- peachment . by a majority of 119 to 67 , that no impeachable matter was contained in the charge . It was not without reason , that the friends of Mr. Hastings now triumphed in the prospect of ...
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... defence . And they did not scruple to attribute this conduct in the minister to motives of the basest jealousy . " Annual Register for the year 1786 , ch . vii . 26 Geo . III . c . 16 . 1786 . ministry . It appears to have been first 38 ...
... defence . And they did not scruple to attribute this conduct in the minister to motives of the basest jealousy . " Annual Register for the year 1786 , ch . vii . 26 Geo . III . c . 16 . 1786 . ministry . It appears to have been first 38 ...
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alliance appeared army arrived attack authority battalions Begum Bengal Berar BOOK British government Burke camp Carnatic cavalry CHAP charge circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-Chief Committee Company Company's Court of Directors crimes declared defence detachment dominions Dundas effect enemy enemy's English government established evidence evil expense favour force French Governor Governor-General Hastings Holkar honour House of Commons Ibid impeachment important infantry judges justice lacs letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Macartney Lordship Madras Mahratta Mahratta empire managers ment military mind minister Munny Begum Mysore Nabob native Nawaub negotiation Nizam Nuncomar object officers operations opinion Oude Papers parliament party persons Peshwa Poona possession present princes proceeded produced proposition question Rajah Rajah of Berar received regard rendered resident respect revenue rupees ryots says Scindia Seringapatam Sir Henry Strachey Sultan supra territory tion Tippoo treaty of Bassein trial troops vakeels Vizir Warren Hastings Wellesley whole Zemindars
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