Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 28
... opposition of Mr. Burke , we conceive to be on the whole the best that was ever devised for the government of a country where no materials can be found for a representative constitution . In the time of Hastings the Governor had only ...
... opposition of Mr. Burke , we conceive to be on the whole the best that was ever devised for the government of a country where no materials can be found for a representative constitution . In the time of Hastings the Governor had only ...
Page 32
... oppose a passive fortitude , such as the Stoics attributed to their ideal sage . A European warrior who rushes on a battery of cannon with a loud hurrah , will sometimes shriek under the surgeon's knife , and fall into an agony of ...
... oppose a passive fortitude , such as the Stoics attributed to their ideal sage . A European warrior who rushes on a battery of cannon with a loud hurrah , will sometimes shriek under the surgeon's knife , and fall into an agony of ...
Page 55
... opposition . Under such circumstances , he had thrown down his pen in misanthropical despair . His farewell letter to Woodfall bears date the nineteenth of Janu- ary , 1773. In that letter , he declared that he must be an idiot to write ...
... opposition . Under such circumstances , he had thrown down his pen in misanthropical despair . His farewell letter to Woodfall bears date the nineteenth of Janu- ary , 1773. In that letter , he declared that he must be an idiot to write ...
Page 81
... opposition to the majority , that daring course which , after some hesitation , was adopted , and which was crowned with such splendid success . He subsequently commanded in the south of India against the brave and unfortunate Lally ...
... opposition to the majority , that daring course which , after some hesitation , was adopted , and which was crowned with such splendid success . He subsequently commanded in the south of India against the brave and unfortunate Lally ...
Page 82
... opposition , and on most questions concurred with Hastings , who did his best , by assiduous courtship , and by readily granting the most exorbitant allowances , to gratify the strongest passions of the old soldier . It seemed likely at ...
... opposition , and on most questions concurred with Hastings , who did his best , by assiduous courtship , and by readily granting the most exorbitant allowances , to gratify the strongest passions of the old soldier . It seemed likely at ...
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