Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 26
... admirable code of political ethics . But every exhortation is modified or nullified by a demand for money . " Govern leniently , and send more money ; practise strict justice and moderation towards neighbouring powers , and send more ...
... admirable code of political ethics . But every exhortation is modified or nullified by a demand for money . " Govern leniently , and send more money ; practise strict justice and moderation towards neighbouring powers , and send more ...
Page 56
... admirable judgment , he offered to submit the case to the Supreme Court , and to abide by its decision . By making this proposition he risked nothing ; yet it was a proposition which his opponents could hardly reject . Nobody could be ...
... admirable judgment , he offered to submit the case to the Supreme Court , and to abide by its decision . By making this proposition he risked nothing ; yet it was a proposition which his opponents could hardly reject . Nobody could be ...
Page 94
... admiration . To compare the most celebrated European ministers to him seems to us as unjust as it would be to compare the best baker in London with Robinson Crusoe , who , before he could bake a single loaf , had to 94 WARREN HASTINGS .
... admiration . To compare the most celebrated European ministers to him seems to us as unjust as it would be to compare the best baker in London with Robinson Crusoe , who , before he could bake a single loaf , had to 94 WARREN HASTINGS .
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... admiration ; and the more than regal splen- dour which he sometimes displayed dazzled a people who have much in common with children . Even now , after the lapse of more than fifty years , the natives of India still talk of him as the ...
... admiration ; and the more than regal splen- dour which he sometimes displayed dazzled a people who have much in common with children . Even now , after the lapse of more than fifty years , the natives of India still talk of him as the ...
Page 108
... admirable talents and eloquence of others , was outnumbered in parliament , and odious through- out the country . Nor , as far as we can judge , was the Opposition generally desirous to engage in so seri- ous an undertaking as the ...
... admirable talents and eloquence of others , was outnumbered in parliament , and odious through- out the country . Nor , as far as we can judge , was the Opposition generally desirous to engage in so seri- ous an undertaking as the ...
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