Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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... never abandoned . He would recover the estate which had belonged to his fathers . He would be Hastings of Daylesford . This purpose , formed in infancy and poverty , grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose . He ...
... never abandoned . He would recover the estate which had belonged to his fathers . He would be Hastings of Daylesford . This purpose , formed in infancy and poverty , grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose . He ...
Page 251
... never been attacked by combinations of powerful and deadly enemies . He had never been compelled to make a choice between innocence and greatness , between crime and ruin . Firmly as he held in theory the doctrine of human depravity ...
... never been attacked by combinations of powerful and deadly enemies . He had never been compelled to make a choice between innocence and greatness , between crime and ruin . Firmly as he held in theory the doctrine of human depravity ...
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... never charged with having borne a share in the worst abuses which then prevailed ; and it is almost equally certain that , if he had borne a share in those abuses , the able and bitter enemies who afterwards persecuted him would not ...
... never charged with having borne a share in the worst abuses which then prevailed ; and it is almost equally certain that , if he had borne a share in those abuses , the able and bitter enemies who afterwards persecuted him would not ...
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... never , since the revival of letters , been wholly neglected , was to be the seat of the institution which he contemplated . An endowment was expected from the munificence of the Company : and pro- fessors thoroughly competent to ...
... never , since the revival of letters , been wholly neglected , was to be the seat of the institution which he contemplated . An endowment was expected from the munificence of the Company : and pro- fessors thoroughly competent to ...
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... never showed , except when instructions were in perfect conformity with his own views . He had , wisely as we think , determined to get rid of the system of double government in Bengal . The orders of the Directors fur- nished him with ...
... never showed , except when instructions were in perfect conformity with his own views . He had , wisely as we think , determined to get rid of the system of double government in Bengal . The orders of the Directors fur- nished him with ...
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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