Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 25
... supreme power resides , and on him that the whole responsibility rests . This system , which was introduced by Mr. Pitt and Mr. Dundas in spite of the strenuous opposition of Mr. Burke , we conceive to WARREN HASTINGS . 25 25.
... supreme power resides , and on him that the whole responsibility rests . This system , which was introduced by Mr. Pitt and Mr. Dundas in spite of the strenuous opposition of Mr. Burke , we conceive to WARREN HASTINGS . 25 25.
Page 141
... Pitt , espoused the cause of Hastings with indecorous violence . Mr. Pitt , though he had censured many parts of the Indian system , had studiously abstained from saying a word against the late chief of the Indian government . To Major ...
... Pitt , espoused the cause of Hastings with indecorous violence . Mr. Pitt , though he had censured many parts of the Indian system , had studiously abstained from saying a word against the late chief of the Indian government . To Major ...
Page 143
... occasionally expressed himself with a dignity and energy worthy of the greatest orators . Before he had been many days in parliament , he incurred the bitter dislike of Pitt , who constantly treated him with as WARREN HASTINGS . 143.
... occasionally expressed himself with a dignity and energy worthy of the greatest orators . Before he had been many days in parliament , he incurred the bitter dislike of Pitt , who constantly treated him with as WARREN HASTINGS . 143.
Page 151
... Pitt and Fox . The members , as soon as their curiosity about the face and demeanour of so eminent a stranger was satisfied , walked away to dinner , and left Hastings to tell his story till midnight to the clerks and the Sergeant - at ...
... Pitt and Fox . The members , as soon as their curiosity about the face and demeanour of so eminent a stranger was satisfied , walked away to dinner , and left Hastings to tell his story till midnight to the clerks and the Sergeant - at ...
Page 154
... Pitt's arguments seemed to be that Hastings ought to be honourably acquitted ; and both the friends and the opponents of the Minister expected from him a declaration to that effect . To the astonishment of all parties , he concluded by ...
... Pitt's arguments seemed to be that Hastings ought to be honourably acquitted ; and both the friends and the opponents of the Minister expected from him a declaration to that effect . To the astonishment of all parties , he concluded by ...
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