Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 48
... looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly connected with him . Their cries and contortions had appalled the European ministers of justice , but had not produced the smallest effect on ...
... looked round him with unaltered serenity . He had just parted from those who were most nearly connected with him . Their cries and contortions had appalled the European ministers of justice , but had not produced the smallest effect on ...
Page 49
... looked on such a crime . These feel- ings were not confined to Calcutta . The whole prov- ince was greatly excited ; and the population of Dacca , in particular , gave strong signs of grief and dismay . Of Impey's conduct it is ...
... looked on such a crime . These feel- ings were not confined to Calcutta . The whole prov- ince was greatly excited ; and the population of Dacca , in particular , gave strong signs of grief and dismay . Of Impey's conduct it is ...
Page 98
... looked with great jealousy on the attempts of foreigners to pry into those mysteries which were locked up in the sacred dialect . The Brahminical religion had been persecuted by the Mahommedans . What the Hindoos knew of the spirit of ...
... looked with great jealousy on the attempts of foreigners to pry into those mysteries which were locked up in the sacred dialect . The Brahminical religion had been persecuted by the Mahommedans . What the Hindoos knew of the spirit of ...
Page 126
... looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage . There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres , and when , before a senate which still ...
... looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage . There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres , and when , before a senate which still ...
Page 127
... looked like a great man , and not like a bad man . and emaciated , yet deriving dignity from a carriage which , while it indicated deference to the court , indi- cated also habitual self - possession and self - respect , a high and ...
... looked like a great man , and not like a bad man . and emaciated , yet deriving dignity from a carriage which , while it indicated deference to the court , indi- cated also habitual self - possession and self - respect , a high and ...
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