Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1J. M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 141
... course , no Englishman could plead an amnesty granted to the Scots . But , though not an illegal , it was surely an inconsistent and a most unkingly course , after pardoning and promoting the heads of the rebellion in one kingdom , to ...
... course , no Englishman could plead an amnesty granted to the Scots . But , though not an illegal , it was surely an inconsistent and a most unkingly course , after pardoning and promoting the heads of the rebellion in one kingdom , to ...
Page 629
... course respecting Hastings , except the course which Mr. Pitt took . Such a man might have thought a great example necessary , for the preventing of in- justice , and for the vindicating of the national honour , and might , on that ...
... course respecting Hastings , except the course which Mr. Pitt took . Such a man might have thought a great example necessary , for the preventing of in- justice , and for the vindicating of the national honour , and might , on that ...
Page 631
... course which it is incon- ceivable that any man of a tenth part of Mr. Pitt's abilities can have honestly taken was the course which he took . He acquitted Hastings on the Rohilla charge . He softened down the Benares charge till it ...
... course which it is incon- ceivable that any man of a tenth part of Mr. Pitt's abilities can have honestly taken was the course which he took . He acquitted Hastings on the Rohilla charge . He softened down the Benares charge till it ...
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