Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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... less than some of the younger shoots . But the Daylesford family , though not ennobled , was wealthy and highly considered , till , about two hundred years ago , it was overwhelmed by the great ruin of the civil war . The Hastings of ...
... less than some of the younger shoots . But the Daylesford family , though not ennobled , was wealthy and highly considered , till , about two hundred years ago , it was overwhelmed by the great ruin of the civil war . The Hastings of ...
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... less real share than the youngest writer or cadet in the Company's service . The English council which represented the Company at Calcutta was constituted on a very different plan from that which has since been adopted . At present the ...
... less real share than the youngest writer or cadet in the Company's service . The English council which represented the Company at Calcutta was constituted on a very different plan from that which has since been adopted . At present the ...
Page 277
... less than two years after he assumed the government , he had , without imposing any additional burdens on the people subject to his authority , added about four hundred and fifty thousand pounds to the annual income of the Company ...
... less than two years after he assumed the government , he had , without imposing any additional burdens on the people subject to his authority , added about four hundred and fifty thousand pounds to the annual income of the Company ...
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... less warlike neighbors . The energy , ferocity , and cunning of the Mahrattas , soon made them the most conspicuous among the new powers which were generated by the corruption of the decaying monarchy . At first they were only robbers ...
... less warlike neighbors . The energy , ferocity , and cunning of the Mahrattas , soon made them the most conspicuous among the new powers which were generated by the corruption of the decaying monarchy . At first they were only robbers ...
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... less about his duties , than might have been expected from so eminent a member of so noble a profes- sion . Still he was perhaps the ablest officer that was then to be found in the British army . Among the native sol- diers his name was ...
... less about his duties , than might have been expected from so eminent a member of so noble a profes- sion . Still he was perhaps the ablest officer that was then to be found in the British army . Among the native sol- diers his name was ...
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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