 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...  Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings - Page 137by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...men, among whom he was not the foremost. The charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. This ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it otherwise would have been, by the silver voice and just emphasis a! Cowper, the clerk of the court,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...men among whom he was not the foremost. The charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. This ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered...amiable poet. On the third day Burke rose. Four sittings of the court were occupied by his opening speech, which was intended to be a general introduction to... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...men among whom he was not the foremost. The charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. This ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered...amiable poet. On the third day Burke rose. Four sittings of the court were occupied by his opening speech, which was intended to be a general introduction to... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost.* The charges and the answers of Hastings were first...of Cowper, the clerk of the court, a near relation to the amiable poet. On the third day, Burke rose. Four sittings were occupied by his opening speech,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...serene, — such was the aspect with which the great proconsul presented himself to his judges. 15 The charges and the answers of Hastings were first...of the court, a near relation of the amiable poet. 20 On the third day, Burke rose. Four sittings were occupied by his opening speech, which was intended... | |
 | 1864 - 522 pages
...Macaulay did not forget the Reading Clerk in his brilliant historical-painting of the Hastings' Trial. " The charges and the answers of Hastings were first...clerk of the court, a near relation of the amiable poet."f Alderman Beckford's shrill clamour in the House made sport for opposition wags. Varnhagen von... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...men among whom he was not the foremost. The charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. This ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered...poet. On the third day Burke rose. Four sittin'gs of the court were occupied by his opening speech, which was intended to be a general introduction to... | |
 | 1867 - 894 pages
...men among whom he was not the foremost. The charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. This ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered...amiable poet. On the third day Burke rose. Four sittings of the court were occupied by his opening speech, which was intended to be a general introduction to... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...phrase in quotations gives the meaning. less tedious than it otherwise would have been, by the silvef voice and just emphasis of Cowper, the clerk of the court, a near relation of the amiable poet. 10. On the third day Burke rose. Four sittings of the court were occupied by his opening speech, which... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...presented himself to his judges. 9. The charges, and the answers of Hastings were first read. This ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it otherwise would have been, by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper, the clerk of the court,... | |
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