Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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Page 254
... appeared in the Hoogley . Warren , young , intrepid , and excited probably by the example of the Commander of the Forces who , having like himself been a mercantile agent of the Company , had been turned by public calamities into a ...
... appeared in the Hoogley . Warren , young , intrepid , and excited probably by the example of the Commander of the Forces who , having like himself been a mercantile agent of the Company , had been turned by public calamities into a ...
Page 268
... appeared as the accuser , and displayed both the art and the inveterate rancor which distinguished him , Hastings pro- nounced that the charges had not been made out , and ordered the fallen minister to be set at liberty . Nuncomar had ...
... appeared as the accuser , and displayed both the art and the inveterate rancor which distinguished him , Hastings pro- nounced that the charges had not been made out , and ordered the fallen minister to be set at liberty . Nuncomar had ...
Page 275
... appearance , and hastened to plunder the camp of the valiant enemies , whom they had never dared to look in the face . The soldiers of the Company , trained in an exact discipline , kept unbroken order , while the tents were pillaged by ...
... appearance , and hastened to plunder the camp of the valiant enemies , whom they had never dared to look in the face . The soldiers of the Company , trained in an exact discipline , kept unbroken order , while the tents were pillaged by ...
Page 293
... appearance . Letters had been sent by the Secre- tary of the Treasury , exhorting all the supporters of government who held India stock to be in attendance . Lord Sandwich marshalled the friends of the administration with his usual ...
... appearance . Letters had been sent by the Secre- tary of the Treasury , exhorting all the supporters of government who held India stock to be in attendance . Lord Sandwich marshalled the friends of the administration with his usual ...
Page 305
... appeared as a blessing when compared with the justice of the Supreme Court . Every class of the population , English and native , with the exception of the ravenous pettifoggers who fattened on the misery and terror of an immense ...
... appeared as a blessing when compared with the justice of the Supreme Court . Every class of the population , English and native , with the exception of the ravenous pettifoggers who fattened on the misery and terror of an immense ...
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Page 358 - 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
Page 368 - who, when the trial commenced, was a, fierce opponent of Mr. Pitt's government, and who was now a member of that government, while Thurlow, who presided in the court when it first sat, estranged from all his old allies, sat
Page 297 - would take no denial. He went himself to the General's house, and at length brought his vanquished rival in triumph to the gay circle which surrounded the bride. The exertion was too much for a frame broken by mortification as well as by disease.
Page 345 - closely allied together, were attacking the influence of the crown, and calling for peace with the American republic. It continued till Burke, alienated from Fox, and loaded with the favors of the crown, died, preaching a crusade against the
Page 285 - of the Governor-General. In talents for business, in knowledge of the country, in general courtesy of demeanor, he was decidedly superior to his persecutors. The servants of the Company were naturally disposed to side with the most distinguished member of their own body against a
Page 292 - not to be forgotten. The head of the combination which had been formed against him, the richest, the most powerful, the most artful of the Hindoos, distinguished by the favor of those who then held the government, fenced round by the superstitious reverence of millions, was hanged in broad day before many thousands of people.
Page 292 - council-board, he was still to be feared. The lesson which he gave them was indeed a lesson not to be forgotten. The head of the combination which had been formed against him, the richest, the most powerful, the most artful of the Hindoos, distinguished by the
Page 365 - attracted most of the attention of Parliament and of the country. It was the one great event of that season. But in the following year the King's illness, the debates on the
Page 330 - the Emperor Joseph, was formed and superintended by him. He boasted that every public office, without exception, which existed when he left Bengal, was his creation. It is quite true that this system, after all the improvements suggested by the experience of sixty years, still needs improvement, and that it was at first far more defective than it now is. But whoever
Page 370 - made in Parliament. It is a grave and forcible argument, decorated by the most brilliant wit and fancy. Hastings was, however, safe. But in every thing except character, he would have been far better off if, when first impeached, he had at once pleaded guilty, and paid a fine of fifty thousand pounds. He was a