Macaulay's Essay on Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1907 - 196 pages |
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... England for a time ; but he accepted them , for they carried with them a very large salary , which meant freedom from debt and a fortune sufficient for the rest of his life . His chief labor in India was spent in drawing up a Penal Code ...
... England for a time ; but he accepted them , for they carried with them a very large salary , which meant freedom from debt and a fortune sufficient for the rest of his life . His chief labor in India was spent in drawing up a Penal Code ...
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... England " ; but political obligations prevented . He was returned to Parliament as member for Edinburgh , serving from 1839 to 1847 , holding also the positions of Secretary of War ( 1839-1841 ) and Paymaster of the Forces ( 1846-1847 ) ...
... England " ; but political obligations prevented . He was returned to Parliament as member for Edinburgh , serving from 1839 to 1847 , holding also the positions of Secretary of War ( 1839-1841 ) and Paymaster of the Forces ( 1846-1847 ) ...
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... England , but in Europe . Slight , or even trivial , in the field of historical erudition and critical inquiry , they are masterpieces if regarded in the light of great popular cartoons on subjects taken from modern history . They are ...
... England , but in Europe . Slight , or even trivial , in the field of historical erudition and critical inquiry , they are masterpieces if regarded in the light of great popular cartoons on subjects taken from modern history . They are ...
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... England ever pro- duced . He had pre - eminent talents for government , and great literary talents too ; fine taste , a princely spirit , and heroic equanimity in the midst of adversity and danger . He was a man for whom Nature had done ...
... England ever pro- duced . He had pre - eminent talents for government , and great literary talents too ; fine taste , a princely spirit , and heroic equanimity in the midst of adversity and danger . He was a man for whom Nature had done ...
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... England , to send home protests . 25. about which , with which . were almost entirely neglected , they almost entirely neglected . the internal administration of a whole presidency , the depart- ments of finance , revenue , and justice ...
... England , to send home protests . 25. about which , with which . were almost entirely neglected , they almost entirely neglected . the internal administration of a whole presidency , the depart- ments of finance , revenue , and justice ...
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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...