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" I resolved," these are the words of Hastings himself, "to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses, — to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency. "
The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times - Page 213
by Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 388 pages
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The History of British India, Volume 2

James Mill - 1817 - 744 pages
...from the the source from which it was to flow. " I was resolved," says the GovernorHajah. General, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses. In a word, I had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...astings's apology . " The " justice unApolicy of exacting a large pecuniary " mulct." The resolution " to draw from his guilt " the means of relief to the company's distresses." His determination " to make him pay largely for " his pardon, or to execute a severe vengeance for...
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The works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pages
...Hastings's apology. " The " justice and policy of exacting a large pecuniary " mulct." The resolution " to draw from his guilt " the means of relief to the company's distresses." His determination " to make him pay largely for " his pardon, or to execute a severe vengeance for...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 pages
...Hastings's apology. " The justice and policy of exacting a large pecuniary mulct" The resolution •• His determination " to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to execute asevere vengeance for past...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pages
...astings's apology. " The " justice and policy of exacting a large pecuniary " mulct." The resolution " f tea such an object in His determination " to make him pay largely for " his pardon, or to execute a severe vengeance for...
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The History of England, Volume 3

Thomas Keightley - 1839 - 562 pages
...crime, and was to be made the pretext for robbing the rajah. " I was resolved," says Mr. Hastings, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the company's distresses. I had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for his past...
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The American Eclectic, Volume 3

1842 - 654 pages
...exact the money. of his vassals as a criminal. "I resolved," these are the words of Hastings himself, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses — to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency." The...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...the wealthiest of his vassals as a criminal. "I resolved," these are the words of Hastings himself, "to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses,—to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency."...
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Our Indian empire

Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 pages
...justifiable and justified in the eyes of Hastings by the necessity of the case. " I was resolved," says he, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses. In a word, I had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance...
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A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Thomas Keightley - 1847 - 220 pages
...horse, half matchlock-men. But this would not content the governor : " I was resolved," says he, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses. In a word, I had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance...
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