Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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Page 249
... army , and , after spending half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom himself by making over most of the remaining half to speaker Lenthal . The old seat at Daylesford still remained in the family ; but it ...
... army , and , after spending half his property in the cause of King Charles , was glad to ransom himself by making over most of the remaining half to speaker Lenthal . The old seat at Daylesford still remained in the family ; but it ...
Page 267
... army of the Mogul scattered by the little band of Captain Knox , the voice of the British conquerors assigned the palm of gallantry to the brave Asiatic . " I never , " said Knox , when he introduced Schitab Roy , covered with blood and ...
... army of the Mogul scattered by the little band of Captain Knox , the voice of the British conquerors assigned the palm of gallantry to the brave Asiatic . " I never , " said Knox , when he introduced Schitab Roy , covered with blood and ...
Page 270
... army , with his own salary often in arrear , with deficient crops , with government tenants daily running away , was called upon to remit home another half mil- lion without fail . Hastings saw that it was absolutely necessary for him ...
... army , with his own salary often in arrear , with deficient crops , with government tenants daily running away , was called upon to remit home another half mil- lion without fail . Hastings saw that it was absolutely necessary for him ...
Page 272
... army from the hardy and valiant race from which their own illustrious house sprang . Among the military adventurers who were allured to the Mogul standards from the neighborhood of Cabul and Can- dahar , were conspicuous several gallant ...
... army from the hardy and valiant race from which their own illustrious house sprang . Among the military adventurers who were allured to the Mogul standards from the neighborhood of Cabul and Can- dahar , were conspicuous several gallant ...
Page 273
... army , and only one , against which even those proud Caucasian tribes could not stand . It had been abundantly proved that neither tenfold odds , nor the mar- tial ardor of the boldest Asiatic nations , could avail aught against English ...
... army , and only one , against which even those proud Caucasian tribes could not stand . It had been abundantly proved that neither tenfold odds , nor the mar- tial ardor of the boldest Asiatic nations , could avail aught against English ...
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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