Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 154
... Hastings , while Wedderburne was among the most unrelenting persecutors of that great though not faultless statesman . Clive spoke in his own defence at less length and with less art than in the preceding year , but with great energy ...
... Hastings , while Wedderburne was among the most unrelenting persecutors of that great though not faultless statesman . Clive spoke in his own defence at less length and with less art than in the preceding year , but with great energy ...
Page 73
... many troubled years , they cannot accuse themselves of having done anything unworthy of men who were distinguished by the friendship of Lord Holland . WARREN HASTINGS . * [ Edinburgh Review . ] THIS THE LATE LORD HOLLAND . 73.
... many troubled years , they cannot accuse themselves of having done anything unworthy of men who were distinguished by the friendship of Lord Holland . WARREN HASTINGS . * [ Edinburgh Review . ] THIS THE LATE LORD HOLLAND . 73.
Page 75
... Hastings . Our feeling towards him is not exactly that of the House of Commons which impeached him in 1787 ; neither is it that of the House of Commons which uncovered and stood up to receive him in 1813. He had great quali- ties , and ...
... Hastings . Our feeling towards him is not exactly that of the House of Commons which impeached him in 1787 ; neither is it that of the House of Commons which uncovered and stood up to receive him in 1813. He had great quali- ties , and ...
Page 79
... Hastings was sent up the country to Cossimbazar , a town which lies on the Hoogly , about a mile from Moorshedabad , and which then bore to Moorshedabad a relation , if we may compare small things with great , such as the city of London ...
... Hastings was sent up the country to Cossimbazar , a town which lies on the Hoogly , about a mile from Moorshedabad , and which then bore to Moorshedabad a relation , if we may compare small things with great , such as the city of London ...
Page 80
... Hastings was em ployed in making bargains for stuffs with native brokers . While he was thus engaged , Surajah Dowlah succeeded to the government , and declared war against the English . The defenceless settlement of Cossimbazar , lying ...
... Hastings was em ployed in making bargains for stuffs with native brokers . While he was thus engaged , Surajah Dowlah succeeded to the government , and declared war against the English . The defenceless settlement of Cossimbazar , lying ...
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