Macaulay's Essay on Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1907 - 196 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 41
Page 3
... East India Company . He had even voted to abolish the office of Commissioner in Bankruptcy , thereby cutting off a large part of his own income . But when his party brought forward the West India Bill , which aboli- tionists like the ...
... East India Company . He had even voted to abolish the office of Commissioner in Bankruptcy , thereby cutting off a large part of his own income . But when his party brought forward the West India Bill , which aboli- tionists like the ...
Page 24
... East India Company . Whether the young adventurer , when once shipped off , made a fortune , or died of a liver complaint , he equally ceased to be a burden to anybody . Warren was accord- ingly removed from Westminster school , and ...
... East India Company . Whether the young adventurer , when once shipped off , made a fortune , or died of a liver complaint , he equally ceased to be a burden to anybody . Warren was accord- ingly removed from Westminster school , and ...
Page 26
... East India Company a stain , not wholly effaced by many years of just and humane government . Mr. Vansittart , the Governor , was at the head of a new and anomalous empire . On the one side was a band of English functionaries , daring ...
... East India Company a stain , not wholly effaced by many years of just and humane government . Mr. Vansittart , the Governor , was at the head of a new and anomalous empire . On the one side was a band of English functionaries , daring ...
Page 29
... East were regarded by other servants of the Company merely as the means of communicating with weavers and money - changers , his enlarged and accom- plished mind sought in Asiatic learning for new forms of intellectual enjoyment , and ...
... East were regarded by other servants of the Company merely as the means of communicating with weavers and money - changers , his enlarged and accom- plished mind sought in Asiatic learning for new forms of intellectual enjoyment , and ...
Page 40
... Eastern marks of respect were bestowed on him . He was clothed in a robe of state , presented with jewels and with a richly harnessed elephant , and sent back to his government at Patna 40 Macaulay's Warren Hastings .
... Eastern marks of respect were bestowed on him . He was clothed in a robe of state , presented with jewels and with a richly harnessed elephant , and sent back to his government at Patna 40 Macaulay's Warren Hastings .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accused administration affairs army Asiatic Barwell battle of Plassey began Begums Benares Bengal Brahmin British Burke Calcutta charge Cheyte Sing Chief Justice Clavering crimes Daylesford defended Directors Dundas East India Company empire enemies England English Essay on Clive favor Fort William Francis French friends Ganges Gleig government of Bengal Governor Governor-General Hindoo honor House of Commons Hunter's Brief History Hyder impeachment Impey's judges Junius King letters London Lord Lucknow Macaulay Macaulay's Essay Madras Mahommed Reza Khan Mahratta Marathas members of Council ment mind minister Mogul Mogul Empire Munny Begum Nabob Nabob Vizier native never note to paragraph Nuncomar Oude Parliament passed person Pitt political presidency prince proceedings province Rajah revenue Reza Khan Rohilla War Rohillas ruler sent sentence sepoys Sheridan Sir Elijah Impey STEPHEN Sujah Dowlah Supreme Court talents thousand pounds tion took trial troops Vizier vote Warren Hastings
Popular passages
Page 136 - His counsel accompanied him, — men all of whom were afterwards raised by their talents and learning to the highest posts in their profession: the bold and strong-minded Law...
Page 136 - But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers. In the midst of the blaze of red drapery, a space had been fitted up with green benches and tables for the Commons. The managers, with Burke at their head, appeared in full dress. The collectors of gossip did not fail to remark that even Fox, generally so regardless of his appearance, had paid to the illustrious tribunal the compliment of wearing a bag and sword.
Page 52 - He resigned his clerkship at the war-office from resentment at the appointment of Mr. Chamier. It was by Lord Holland that he was first introduced into the public service. Now, here are five marks, all of which ought to be found in Junius. They are all five found in Francis. We do not believe that more than two of them can be found in any other person whatever.
Page 137 - The charges, and the answers of Hastings, were first read. The ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it would otherwise have been by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper, the clerk of the court, a near relation of the amiable poet.
Page 36 - All those arts which are the natural defence of the weak are more familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, 20 is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises, smooth excuses, elaborate tissues of circumstantial falsehood, chicanery, perjury, forgery, are the weapons, offensive and defensive,...
Page 52 - Chamier. It was by Lord Holland that he was first introduced into the public service. Now, here are five marks, all of which ought to be found in Junius. They are all five found in Francis. We do not believe that more than two of them can be found in any other person whatever. If this argument does not settle the question, there is an end of all reasoning on circumstantial evidence.
Page 122 - Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns to the wild moor where the...
Page 48 - Then the horrors of Indian war were let loose on the fair valleys and cities of Rohilcund. The whole country was in a blaze. More than a hundred thousand people fled from their homes to pestilential jungles, preferring famine, and fever, and the haunts of tigers, to the tyranny of him, to whom an English and a Christian governmcnt had, for shameful lucre, sold their substance, and their blood, and the honour of their wives and daughters.
Page 101 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.
Page 134 - Heath field, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince...