Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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Page 253
... taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Has- tings . The fugitive governor and his companions had taken refuge on the dreary islet of Fulda , near the ...
... taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Has- tings . The fugitive governor and his companions had taken refuge on the dreary islet of Fulda , near the ...
Page 258
... taken in company . Ceremony is to a great extent ban- ished . It is every day in the power of a mischievous person to inflict innumerable annoyances . It is every day in the power of an amiable person to confer little services . It not ...
... taken in company . Ceremony is to a great extent ban- ished . It is every day in the power of a mischievous person to inflict innumerable annoyances . It is every day in the power of an amiable person to confer little services . It not ...
Page 263
... taken place in Bengal . To the consideration which in that country belongs to high and pure caste , he added the weight which is derived from wealth , talents , and experience . Of his moral character it is difficult to give a notion to ...
... taken place in Bengal . To the consideration which in that country belongs to high and pure caste , he added the weight which is derived from wealth , talents , and experience . Of his moral character it is difficult to give a notion to ...
Page 279
... taken for granted , that the acknowledged compositions of Francis are very decidedly inferior to the anonymous letters . The argument from inferiority , at all events , is one which may be urged with at least equal force against every ...
... taken for granted , that the acknowledged compositions of Francis are very decidedly inferior to the anonymous letters . The argument from inferiority , at all events , is one which may be urged with at least equal force against every ...
Page 282
... But the higher powers of government and the most valuable patron- age had been taken from him . The natives soon found this out . They considered him as a fallen man ; and they acted after their 282 Historical Essays of Macaulay .
... But the higher powers of government and the most valuable patron- age had been taken from him . The natives soon found this out . They considered him as a fallen man ; and they acted after their 282 Historical Essays of Macaulay .
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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