Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 13
... reason . She was interested by the conversation and flattered by the attentions of Hastings . The situation was indeed perilous . No place is so propitious to the formation either of close friendships or of deadly en- mities as an ...
... reason . She was interested by the conversation and flattered by the attentions of Hastings . The situation was indeed perilous . No place is so propitious to the formation either of close friendships or of deadly en- mities as an ...
Page 28
... reason to believe that , at a period anterior to the dawn of regular history , the people who spoke the rich and flexible Sanscrit came from regions lying far beyond the Hyphasis and the Hystaspes , and imposed their yoke on the ...
... reason to believe that , at a period anterior to the dawn of regular history , the people who spoke the rich and flexible Sanscrit came from regions lying far beyond the Hyphasis and the Hystaspes , and imposed their yoke on the ...
Page 50
... 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 hon- est prosecutor does not ask for what none but a dishon- est tribunal ...
... 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 hon- est prosecutor does not ask for what none but a dishon- est tribunal ...
Page 80
... reason for the concealment . Public spirit , or the fear of detection , at last determined him to with- stand the temptation . He paid over the bribe to the Company's treasury , and insisted that the Rajah should instantly comply with ...
... reason for the concealment . Public spirit , or the fear of detection , at last determined him to with- stand the temptation . He paid over the bribe to the Company's treasury , and insisted that the Rajah should instantly comply with ...
Page 86
... reason , that the embarrassment was to be attributed to the incapacity and vices of Asaph - ul - Dowlah himself , and that , if less were spent on the troops , the only ef fect would be that more would be squandered on worth- less ...
... reason , that the embarrassment was to be attributed to the incapacity and vices of Asaph - ul - Dowlah himself , and that , if less were spent on the troops , the only ef fect would be that more would be squandered on worth- less ...
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