I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour. Warren Hastings - Page 91by Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1810 - 500 pages
...have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by niy ex.. perience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and konour. This is a. severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that... | |
| James Mill - 1817 - 736 pages
...Hastings, in answering a minute of Mr. Francis, declared, " I do not trust to his promise of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct, by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour." The ground of these... | |
| 1820 - 482 pages
...which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 772 pages
...of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of hit public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour." An explanation being demanded, be referred to some former promises of support ia hia public... | |
| Junius - 1829 - 448 pages
...which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honor. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that I owe... | |
| 1832 - 592 pages
...which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1835 - 376 pages
...Hastings, in a minute, dated the 13th of July, 1783, declaring, "I do not trust to his promise of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I find to be void of truth and honour." The consequence of this... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - 528 pages
...which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...recorded in the Consultations of the Government—" I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his...private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour." After the Council had risen, Francis put a challenge into the Governor-General's hand: it... | |
| CALCUTTA INDIA - 1844 - 650 pages
...in a reply to Francis' minute on the 14th of July 1780, "trust to Mr. Francis' promises of candour, convinced that " he is incapable of it I judge of...which I have found to be void of truth and honor." The minute containing this remark, which it is impossible to justify, for in a public document all... | |
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