Macaulay's Essay on Warren HastingsMacmillan & Company, 1907 - 227 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 25
Page 6
... held in theory the doctrine of human depravity , his habits were such that he was unable to conceive how far from the path of right even 10 kind and noble natures may be hurried by the rage of conflict and the lust of dominion ...
... held in theory the doctrine of human depravity , his habits were such that he was unable to conceive how far from the path of right even 10 kind and noble natures may be hurried by the rage of conflict and the lust of dominion ...
Page 15
... held their territories as vassals of the throne of Delhi ; they raised their revenues as collectors appointed by the imperial com- mission ; their public seal was inscribed with the imperial titles ; and their mint struck only the ...
... held their territories as vassals of the throne of Delhi ; they raised their revenues as collectors appointed by the imperial com- mission ; their public seal was inscribed with the imperial titles ; and their mint struck only the ...
Page 19
... held 30 his high office seven years when Hastings became Governor . An infant son of Meer Jaffier was now nabob ; and the guardianship of the young prince's person had been confided to the minister . Nuncomar , stimulated at once by ...
... held 30 his high office seven years when Hastings became Governor . An infant son of Meer Jaffier was now nabob ; and the guardianship of the young prince's person had been confided to the minister . Nuncomar , stimulated at once by ...
Page 25
... held the power , did not venture to use the style of sovereignty . To the appellation of Nabob or Viceroy , he added that of Vizier of the monarchy of Hindostan , just as in the last century the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg ...
... held the power , did not venture to use the style of sovereignty . To the appellation of Nabob or Viceroy , he added that of Vizier of the monarchy of Hindostan , just as in the last century the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg ...
Page 27
... held their country by exactly the same title by which he held his , and had governed their country far better than his had ever been governed . Nor were they a people whom it was perfectly safe to attack Their land was indeed an open ...
... held their country by exactly the same title by which he held his , and had governed their country far better than his had ever been governed . Nor were they a people whom it was perfectly safe to attack Their land was indeed an open ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accused administration affairs army Asaph-ul-Dowlah Asiatic Begums Benares Bengal Brahmin British Burke Calcutta Carnatic charge Cheyte Sing Chief Justice Clavering Clive Company Company's conduct Coote Council crime Daylesford death defence Directors Dundas East India East India Bill empire enemies England English favour force Fort William Francis French friends Gleig government of Bengal Governor Governor-General Hindoo honour House of Commons Hyder impeachment Impey Introd judges Junius King letters Lord Macaulay Macaulay's Madras Mahommed Reza Khan Mahrattas ment mind minister Mogul Mogul Empire Moorshedabad Munny Begum Mysore Nabob Nabob Vizier native Nawab never Nuncomar orator Oude Oudh Parliament party person Pitt political Porto Novo prince proceeding province Rajah resolution revenue Reza Khan Rohilcund Rohilla Rohilla war ruler sent sepoys servants Sheridan Sujah Dowlah Supreme Court talents thousand pounds tion took trial troops Vizier vote Warren Hastings Wheler
Popular passages
Page 111 - There the historian of the Roman empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Page 112 - Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition — a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation ; but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There, too, was she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love...
Page 110 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Page 112 - ... and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person small and emaciated, yet deriving dignity from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court, indicated also habitual self-possession and selfrespect, a high and intellectual forehead,...
Page 111 - 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 emulation of an orator. There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art.
Page 153 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 115 - The energy and pathos of the great orator extorted expressions of unwonted admiration from the stern and hostile chancellor, and for a moment seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defendant. The ladies in the galleries, unaccustomed to such displays of eloquence, excited by the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps not unwilling to display their taste and sensibility, were in a state of uncontrollable emotion. Handkerchiefs were pulled out, smelling-bottles were handed round, hysterical...
Page 113 - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.
Page 114 - There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of the age, his form developed by every manly exercise, his face beaming with intelligence and spirit, the ingenious, the chivalrous, the high-souled Windham.
Page 110 - Every step in the proceedings carried the mind either backward, through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of our constitution were laid; or far away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations living under strange stars, worshipping strange gods, and writing strange characters from right to left.