But those who, having been present on the first day, now bore a part in the proceedings of the last, were few ; and most of those few were altered men. As Hastings himself said, the arraignment had taken place before one generation, and the judgment was... Warren Hastings - Page 170by Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1842 - 654 pages
...were altered men. As Hastings himself said, the arraignment had taken place before one raneration, and the judgment was pronounced by another. The spectator...green benches of the Commons, without seeing something thst reminded him of the instability of all human things ; — of the instability of power, and fame,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...day, now bore a part in the proceedings of the last, were few, and most of those few were altered men. As Hastings himself said, the arraignment had taken...that reminded him of the instability of all human things;—of the instability of power and fame and life, of the more lamentable instability of friendship.... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 pages
...the trial, were now — and none more so than Burke — withered and shrunk. Hastings might well say the arraignment had taken place before one generation, and the judgment was pronounced before another ' Only twenty-nine Peers attended in the 1 Hall to vote. The question on the firs article... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854 - 452 pages
...part in the proceedings of the last, were few ; and most of those few were altered men. AsHastings himself said, the arraignment had taken place before...generation, and the judgment was pronounced by another. The spectatorcould not look at the woolsack, or at the red benches of the Peers, or at the green benches... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...; and aiost of those few were altered men. As Hastings himself said, the arraignment had taken Dmce before one generation, and the judgment was pronounced...the woolsack, or at the red benches of the Peers, cr at the green benches of the Commons, without seeing something that reminded him of the instability... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1078 pages
...and «0bt of those few were altered men. As Hastings himself said, the arraignment had taken »iace before one generation, and the judgment was pronounced by another. The spectator could not look at llie woolsack, or at the red benches of the Peers, or at the green benches of the Commons, without... | |
| Augusta Blanche Berard - 1862 - 468 pages
...twenty-nine were present at the final judgment. Sixty were in their graves. Hastings complained that " the arraignment had taken place before one generation, and the judgment was pronounced by another." On the 23d of April, 1795, this long trial was ended, and the criminal was pronounced " not guilty."... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1870 - 686 pages
...now bore a part in the proceedings of the last, were few ; and most of those few were altered men. As Hastings himself said, the arraignment had taken...human things, of the instability of power and fame and li fe, of the more lamentable instability of friendship. The great seal was borne before Lord Loughborough... | |
| 1875 - 438 pages
...bore a part in the proceedings of the last, were few, and most of these few were altered men;" where "the arraignment had taken place before one generation, and the judgment was pronounced by another;" where, "of the one hundred and sixty nobles who walked in the procession on the first day, sixty had... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1874 - 1100 pages
...himself said, the arraignment had taken oiace before one generation, and the judgment was pro nounced by another. The spectator could not look at the woolsack,...all human things, of the instability of power and tame and life, of the more lamentable instability of friendship. The great seal was borne before Lord... | |
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