arm or a leg, or otherwise tortures himself, in the hope of reward after death. 13 yellow. . sect-a yellow mark painted on the forehead of the Brahmin caste. 15 mace a kind of staff with a club head; a symbol of authority. 16 canopy (a mosquito net); curtains or hangings placed over a bed, a throne, or (in this case) a seat on an elephant's back. 17 close litter—a kind of roofed couch, quite closed in and carried on men's shoulders, or between two horses. 20 Beaconsfield - Beaconsfield, a small town in Buckinghamshire, where Burke had his country house, and where he is buried; St. James's Street contained his London house. 26 lonely courier-letter carrier or message bearer, whose occupation exposes him to much peril from wild beasts, hyænas, tigers, &c. 29 Gordon riots-in London, 1780; lasted for six days; commenced with 40,000 persons assembling under Lord George Gordon to ask for repeal of laws abolishing penalties formerly imposed on Catholics. 30 Dr. Dodd, 1729-77, a clergyman who was executed in London for forgery. PAGE 124. 8 personal aversion - dislike to Hastings-the man, as well as to his misdeeds. 9 mitigating alleviating; softening; calculated to lessen the offence. 20 Stamp Act, passed 1765, requiring the Americans to put on certain documents a stamp, for which they were to pay the British Government. The Act led to the War of Independence. 27 acrimonious-sharp; bitter. 30 Regency—in 1788, George III., through mental derangement, became unable to reign. A warm discussion took place as to whether George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., should be Regent. Meanwhile the king recovered. 31 French Revolution,_1789, when the people of France overthrew the oppressive government of the aristocracy. vir'ulence- mental poison; bitterness. PAGE 125. I ma'niac-a madman. burning words-passionate language. 5 3 prophet-an inspired teacher. Bastile (-teel')-an old fortress in Paris, used as a prison; the first act in the French Revolution was to destroy this hateful symbol of tyranny, July 14, 1789. 6 Marie Antoinette (Mah-re An-twa-net), 1755-93, wife of Louis XVI., beheaded during the Revolution. Io domineered-lorded it; ruled without restraint. II antip'athy—a feeling of dislike. [Gr. anti, against, and pathos, feeling.] 22 decisive action-an action which would decide the dispute. 23 bridge of gold-a means of 12 High Court was to siti.e. in its capacity as the highest legal tribunal of the kingdom. 13 Plantagenets-eight English kings who reigned from 1154 to 1399. 18 hall of Rufus-Westminster Hall, built by William II., the second largest hall in Europe unsupported by pillars, being 270 feet long and 74 feet wide; it adjoins the Houses of Parliament, and was, until the end of 1882, the centre of the great law courts. 19 resounded . . acclamations -echoed with shouts of joy. investiture; inaugura'tion act of crowning, and publicly recognising. 21 Bacon, Sir Francis, 1561– 1626, author, statesman, and judge, one of England's greatest sons, was sentenced here in 1621 to fine and imprisonment for accepting presents in his office of Lord High Chancellor. absolution of Somers, 16511716, author, statesman, and judge, who assisted greatly to bring about the English Revolution of 1689. Was impeached in 1701 on a charge of affixing the Great Seal to blank commissions, and of having asked for and received from the Crown exorbitant grants of land. When the time fixed for the trial arrived, the Commons declined to prosecute, and he was therefore acquitted. 22 Strafford, Earl of, 15931641, statesman, sentenced to be beheaded in 1641, on a charge of high treason, for having, as responsible minister, which the supreme power is lodged in the people; republics. [United States of America, Switzerland, &c. France was not yet a Republic.] 23 Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, a celebrated tragic actress of the English stage. 26 historian-Edward Gibbon, 1739-94, author of the 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' Macaulay supposes that Gibbon's mind being full of history, he would bethink him of other scenes similar to that passing before him. 27 Cicero, B.C. 106-43, a famous orator and statesman of Rome. 28 Verres, B.C. 70-43, a Roman statesman impeached by Cicero. 29 Tacitus, 55-117, a Roman historian and statesman. 30 oppressor of Africa-Marius Priscus, a Roman pro-consul. 31 greatest painter-Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-92, chiefly famous for the fine portraits he painted. Rev. greatest scholar Samuel Parr, 1747-1825, very learned in the Greek and Latin languages. PAGE 139. 3 dark.. mine —the literature of Greece and Rome, which from its extent and age needed the labours of some courageous student to throw light upon it. 5 erudi'tion-learning. buried in the earth-not pro- 6 paraded. . . ostentationused merely for the purposes of show, and without reason or good taste. |