Macaulay's Essay on Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1907 - 196 pages |
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... took his degree in 1822 . Two years later he was appointed to a Fellowship , which paid him £ 300 annually . The year 1824 brought Macaulay the cares and burdens of manhood . His father suffered immense losses in busi- ness ; there were ...
... took his degree in 1822 . Two years later he was appointed to a Fellowship , which paid him £ 300 annually . The year 1824 brought Macaulay the cares and burdens of manhood . His father suffered immense losses in busi- ness ; there were ...
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... took place , the last Hastings of Daylesford had presented his second son to the rectory of the parish in which the ancient residence of the family stood . The living was of little value ; and the situation of the poor clergyman , after ...
... took place , the last Hastings of Daylesford had presented his second son to the rectory of the parish in which the ancient residence of the family stood . The living was of little value ; and the situation of the poor clergyman , after ...
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... took to his book . The daily sight of the lands which his ancestors had pos- sessed , and which had passed into the hands of strangers , filled his young brain with wild fancies and projects . He loved to hear stories of the wealth and ...
... took to his book . The daily sight of the lands which his ancestors had pos- sessed , and which had passed into the hands of strangers , filled his young brain with wild fancies and projects . He loved to hear stories of the wealth and ...
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... took his seat at the head of the coun- cil board , Bengal was still governed according to the system which Clive had devised , a system which was , perhaps , skilfully contrived for the purpose of facilitating and con- cealing a great ...
... took his seat at the head of the coun- cil board , Bengal was still governed according to the system which Clive had devised , a system which was , perhaps , skilfully contrived for the purpose of facilitating and con- cealing a great ...
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... took his measures with his usual vigor and dexterity . At midnight , the palace of Mahommed Reza Khan at Moorshedabad was surrounded by a battalion of sepoys . The minister was roused from his slumbers and informed that he was a ...
... took his measures with his usual vigor and dexterity . At midnight , the palace of Mahommed Reza Khan at Moorshedabad was surrounded by a battalion of sepoys . The minister was roused from his slumbers and informed that he was a ...
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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...