Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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Page 14
... Burke , we conceive to be on the whole the best that was ever devised for the government of a country where no ma- terials can be found for a representative constitution . In the time of Hastings the Governor had only one vote in ...
... Burke , we conceive to be on the whole the best that was ever devised for the government of a country where no ma- terials can be found for a representative constitution . In the time of Hastings the Governor had only one vote in ...
Page 28
... Burke ; and it would be a waste of time to prove that Burke was not Junius . And what conclusion , after all , can be drawn from mere inferiority ? Every writer must produce his best work ; and the interval between his best work and his ...
... Burke ; and it would be a waste of time to prove that Burke was not Junius . And what conclusion , after all , can be drawn from mere inferiority ? Every writer must produce his best work ; and the interval between his best work and his ...
Page 67
... Burke took the lead . The other was under the presidency of the able and versatile Henry Dundas , then Lord Advocate of Scotland . Great as are the changes which , during the last sixty years , have taken place in our Asiatic dominions ...
... Burke took the lead . The other was under the presidency of the able and versatile Henry Dundas , then Lord Advocate of Scotland . Great as are the changes which , during the last sixty years , have taken place in our Asiatic dominions ...
Page 76
... Burke gave notice in the House of Commons of a motion seriously affecting a gentleman lately returned from India . The session , however , was then so far advanced , that it was impossible to enter on so extensive and important a ...
... Burke gave notice in the House of Commons of a motion seriously affecting a gentleman lately returned from India . The session , however , was then so far advanced , that it was impossible to enter on so extensive and important a ...
Page 77
... Burke . " In spite , however , of this unfortunate choice , the general aspect of affairs was favourable to Hastings . The King was on his side . The Company and its servants were zealous in his cause WARREN HASTINGS . 77.
... Burke . " In spite , however , of this unfortunate choice , the general aspect of affairs was favourable to Hastings . The King was on his side . The Company and its servants were zealous in his cause WARREN HASTINGS . 77.
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