Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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Page 254
... carried a musket . But the quick eye of Clive soon per- ceived that the head of the young volunteer would be more useful than his arm . When , after the battle of Plassey , Meer Jaffier was proclaimed Nabob of Bengal , Hastings was ...
... carried a musket . But the quick eye of Clive soon per- ceived that the head of the young volunteer would be more useful than his arm . When , after the battle of Plassey , Meer Jaffier was proclaimed Nabob of Bengal , Hastings was ...
Page 267
... carried into effect . The office of minister was abolished . The internal administration was transferred to the servants of the Company . A system , a very imperfect system , it is true , of civil and criminal justice , under English ...
... carried into effect . The office of minister was abolished . The internal administration was transferred to the servants of the Company . A system , a very imperfect system , it is true , of civil and criminal justice , under English ...
Page 270
... carried into effect , they never per- ceived the gross inconsistency of which they were guilty . But the inconsistency was at once manifest to their vice- gerent at Calcutta , who , with an empty treasury , with an unpaid army , with ...
... carried into effect , they never per- ceived the gross inconsistency of which they were guilty . But the inconsistency was at once manifest to their vice- gerent at Calcutta , who , with an empty treasury , with an unpaid army , with ...
Page 273
... carry on the government of Bengal , and to send remittances to London ; and Sujah Dowlah had an ample revenue . Sujah Dowlah was bent on subjugating the Rohillas ; and Hastings had at his disposal the only force by which the Rohillas ...
... carry on the government of Bengal , and to send remittances to London ; and Sujah Dowlah had an ample revenue . Sujah Dowlah was bent on subjugating the Rohillas ; and Hastings had at his disposal the only force by which the Rohillas ...
Page 276
... carried on . He had troubled himself about nothing but his forty lacs ; and , though he might disapprove of Sujah Dowlah's wanton barbarity , he did not think himself en- titled to interfere , except by offering advice . This delicacy ...
... carried on . He had troubled himself about nothing but his forty lacs ; and , though he might disapprove of Sujah Dowlah's wanton barbarity , he did not think himself en- titled to interfere , except by offering advice . This delicacy ...
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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