Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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... party by common enmities , was the very opposite of a democratic politician . While attacking in- dividuals with a ... party which he clearly preferred to every other , the party of George Grenville , had been scattered by the death of ...
... party by common enmities , was the very opposite of a democratic politician . While attacking in- dividuals with a ... party which he clearly preferred to every other , the party of George Grenville , had been scattered by the death of ...
Page 37
... party the unbending equity of a judge . The reason that judges are appointed is , that even a good man cannot be trusted to decide a cause in which he is himself concerned . Not a day passes on which an honest prosecutor does not ask ...
... party the unbending equity of a judge . The reason that judges are appointed is , that even a good man cannot be trusted to decide a cause in which he is himself concerned . Not a day passes on which an honest prosecutor does not ask ...
Page 39
... parties were very nearly balanced . Eleven voted against Hastings ; ten for him . The Court of Proprietors was then convened . The great sale - room presented a singular ap- pearance . Letters had been sent by the Secretary of c 4 ...
... parties were very nearly balanced . Eleven voted against Hastings ; ten for him . The Court of Proprietors was then convened . The great sale - room presented a singular ap- pearance . Letters had been sent by the Secretary of c 4 ...
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... parties had a plausible show of right . There was no authority entitled to their obedience within fifteen thousand miles . It seemed that there remained no way of settling the dispute except an appeal to arms ; and from such an appeal ...
... parties had a plausible show of right . There was no authority entitled to their obedience within fifteen thousand miles . It seemed that there remained no way of settling the dispute except an appeal to arms ; and from such an appeal ...
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... parties , were invited to the Government - house . Clavering , as the Mahommedan chronicler tells the story , was sick in mind and body , and excused himself from joining the splendid assembly . But Hastings , whom , as it should seem ...
... parties , were invited to the Government - house . Clavering , as the Mahommedan chronicler tells the story , was sick in mind and body , and excused himself from joining the splendid assembly . But Hastings , whom , as it should seem ...
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