Warren HastingsCassell, 1886 - 191 pages |
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Page 15
... rules of social morality . He had never been at- tacked by combinations of powerful and deadly ene- mies . He had never been compelled to make a choice between innocence and greatness , between crime and ruin . Firmly as he held in ...
... rules of social morality . He had never been at- tacked by combinations of powerful and deadly ene- mies . He had never been compelled to make a choice between innocence and greatness , between crime and ruin . Firmly as he held in ...
Page 46
... rules of civilized war- fare . Was the Rohilla war likely to be so con- ducted ? Did the Governor stipulate that it should be so conducted ? He well knew what Indian war- fare was . He well knew that the power which he covenanted to put ...
... rules of civilized war- fare . Was the Rohilla war likely to be so con- ducted ? Did the Governor stipulate that it should be so conducted ? He well knew what Indian war- fare was . He well knew that the power which he covenanted to put ...
Page 48
... rule more plain than this , that whoever voluntarily gives to another irresistible power over human beings , is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point ...
... rule more plain than this , that whoever voluntarily gives to another irresistible power over human beings , is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point ...
Page 63
... rules of construction , the effect of the statute under which the trial took place , it was most unjust to hang a Hindoo for forgery . The law which made forgery capital in England was passed without the smallest reference to the state ...
... rules of construction , the effect of the statute under which the trial took place , it was most unjust to hang a Hindoo for forgery . The law which made forgery capital in England was passed without the smallest reference to the state ...
Page 84
... rule holds good with respect to the legal profession . No English barrister will work , fifteen thousand miles from all his friends , with the thermometer ninety - six in the shade , for the emoluments which will content him in chambers ...
... rule holds good with respect to the legal profession . No English barrister will work , fifteen thousand miles from all his friends , with the thermometer ninety - six in the shade , for the emoluments which will content him in chambers ...
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