Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 214
... Court than any chief of the Opposition , and more detested by the Parliament than any pandar of the Court . Temple , whose great maxim was to offend no party , was not likely to cling to the falling fortunes of a minister the study of ...
... Court than any chief of the Opposition , and more detested by the Parliament than any pandar of the Court . Temple , whose great maxim was to offend no party , was not likely to cling to the falling fortunes of a minister the study of ...
Page 471
... Court was obstinately bent on ruining him , and was prepared to shake the very foundations of the constitution for ... Court , the House had chosen a member for them . This was not the only instance , perhaps not the most disgraceful ...
... Court was obstinately bent on ruining him , and was prepared to shake the very foundations of the constitution for ... Court , the House had chosen a member for them . This was not the only instance , perhaps not the most disgraceful ...
Page 587
... court . The court pronounced that the resignation was invalid , and that therefore Hastings was still Governor - General under the Regu- lating Act ; and the defeated members of the Council , finding that the sense of the whole ...
... court . The court pronounced that the resignation was invalid , and that therefore Hastings was still Governor - General under the Regu- lating Act ; and the defeated members of the Council , finding that the sense of the whole ...
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