 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 558 pages
...Mr. Hastings'^ 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 past... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 552 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 past... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1853 - 718 pages
...English, and was observed to assume an air of insolence and independence. "I was resolved," says Hastings, "to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses."* The governor-general set out for Benares, the capital and residence of Cheyte Sing, and so little did... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1853 - 672 pages
...«nd was observed to assume an air of insolence and independence. " I was resolved," says Hastings, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's dis. The governor-general set out for Benares, the capital and 'ittidc-nce of Cheyte Sing, and so little... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 354 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." The... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pages
...Hastings' 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 past... | |
 | Robert Hunter - 1863 - 298 pages
...claim on him ; and Hastings, attributing his opposition to hostility to the Company, " was determined to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses." With this end in view, he repaired to Benares, had the rajah arrested, and confined to his own residence;... | |
 | John Clark Marshman - 1863 - 558 pages
...therefore, " to make him pay largely for his pardon, to exact a severe vengeance for his delinquency, and to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses." .. . Hastings was about to proceed to Benares to Cheyt Sing's ° L excessive toe, meet the vakeel of... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 886 pages
...enemies and the opponents in the council of the governor-general : then Hastings, in his own words, "resolved to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the company's distresses." ^ In August, 1781, he set out for Benares, taking Mrs. Hastings with him as far as Monghir. Cheyte... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 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 past... | |
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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. 
