Historical Essays of MacaulayAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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... Bute , to the personal favor of the sovereign , but to the middle class of Englishmen ; that he inspired that class with a firm confidence in 4 Historical Essays of Macaulay . thrown with Rembrandt-like effect on the head of ...
... Bute , to the personal favor of the sovereign , but to the middle class of Englishmen ; that he inspired that class with a firm confidence in 4 Historical Essays of Macaulay . thrown with Rembrandt-like effect on the head of ...
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... Bute . The Earl of Bute was scarcely known , even by name , to the country which he was soon to govern . He had indeed , a short time after he came of age , been chosen to fill a vacancy which in the middle of a parliament had taken ...
... Bute . The Earl of Bute was scarcely known , even by name , to the country which he was soon to govern . He had indeed , a short time after he came of age , been chosen to fill a vacancy which in the middle of a parliament had taken ...
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... Bute might fairly be called a man of cultivated mind . He was also a man of undoubted honor . But his understand- ing was narrow , and his manners cold and haughty . His qualifications for the part of a statesman were best de- scribed ...
... Bute might fairly be called a man of cultivated mind . He was also a man of undoubted honor . But his understand- ing was narrow , and his manners cold and haughty . His qualifications for the part of a statesman were best de- scribed ...
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... Bute , and contained some expressions which might be construed into reflections on the conduct of affairs during the late reign . Pitt remon- strated , and begged that these expressions might be softened down in the printed copy ; but ...
... Bute , and contained some expressions which might be construed into reflections on the conduct of affairs during the late reign . Pitt remon- strated , and begged that these expressions might be softened down in the printed copy ; but ...
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... Bute had yielded , the King affected to hold out till the following afternoon . On the same day on which this singular contest took place , Bute was not only sworn of the privy council , but introduced into the cabinet . Soon after this ...
... Bute had yielded , the King affected to hold out till the following afternoon . On the same day on which this singular contest took place , Bute was not only sworn of the privy council , but introduced into the cabinet . Soon after this ...
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Page 342 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of the English nation, whose ancient...
Page 343 - ... House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of the English nation, whose ancient honor he has sullied. I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose rights he has trodden under foot, and whose country he has turned into a desert. Lastly, in the name of human nature itself, in the name of both sexes, in the name of every age, in the name of every rank, I impeach the common enemy and oppressor of all !" When the deep murmur of various emotions had subsided,...
Page 338 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Page 340 - But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers. In the midst of the blaze of red drapery, a space has been fitted up with green benches and tables for the Commons. The managers, with Burke at their head, appeared in full dress. The collectors of gossip did not fail to remark that even Fox, generally so regardless of his appearance, had paid to the illustrious tribunal the compliment of wearing a bag and sword.
Page 263 - What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises, smooth excuses, elaborate tissues of circumstantial falsehood, chicanery, perjury, forgery, are the weapons, offensive and defensive, of the people of the Lower Ganges.
Page 196 - Long afterwards, he said, that he had never called but one council of war, and that, if he had taken the advice of that council, the British would never have been masters of Bengal. But scarcely had the meeting broken up when he was himself again. He retired alone under the shade of some trees, and passed near an hour there in thought. He came back determined to put everything to the hazard, and gave orders that all should be in readiness for passing the river on the morrow.
Page 21 - Some years after, it was my fortune to converse with many of the principal actors against that minister, and with those who principally excited that clamour. None of them, no not one, did in the least defend the measure, or attempt to justify their conduct. They condemned it as freely as they would have done in commenting upon any proceeding in history in which they were totally unconcerned.
Page 338 - Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Priilce of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing. The gray old walls were hung with scarlet. The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator.
Page 304 - A reign of terror began, of terror heightened by mystery ; for even that which was endured was less horrible than that which was anticipated. No man knew what was next to be expected from this strange tribunal. It came from beyond the black water, as the people of India, with mysterious horror, call the sea.
Page 187 - Even for a single European malefactor that dungeon would, in such a climate, have been too close and narrow. The space was only twenty feet square. The air-holes were small and obstructed. It was the summer 'solstice, the season when the fierce heat of Bengal can scarcely be rendered tolerable to natives of England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans.