Essay on Warren Hastings |
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... his following reform speeches was , that the leaders of the Opposition felt
called upon to devote more time to answering his speeches than to attacking
those of the older debaters . To Macaulay ' s great satisfaction this Reform Bill
carried .
... his following reform speeches was , that the leaders of the Opposition felt
called upon to devote more time to answering his speeches than to attacking
those of the older debaters . To Macaulay ' s great satisfaction this Reform Bill
carried .
xlix. oldal
The history of the Hindu forces responsible for the breaking up of the Mogul
Empire has been carried through to the time when they were merged into the
Indian Empire . The account of the line of the Moguls will now be resumed . As
has been ...
The history of the Hindu forces responsible for the breaking up of the Mogul
Empire has been carried through to the time when they were merged into the
Indian Empire . The account of the line of the Moguls will now be resumed . As
has been ...
lxi. oldal
Shah Alam , the last of the Great Moguls . Nizam . Hindu title equivalent to
regulator , governor . Nizam of Hyderabad . It often carried the idea of regulator of
political and judicial affairs . Begum . Hindu title for princess . Munny Begum ,
mother ...
Shah Alam , the last of the Great Moguls . Nizam . Hindu title equivalent to
regulator , governor . Nizam of Hyderabad . It often carried the idea of regulator of
political and judicial affairs . Begum . Hindu title for princess . Munny Begum ,
mother ...
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... had been turned by public calamities into a soldier , determined to serve in the
ranks . During 20 the early operations of the war he carried a musket . But the
quick eye of Clive soon perceived that the head of the young volunteer would be
...
... had been turned by public calamities into a soldier , determined to serve in the
ranks . During 20 the early operations of the war he carried a musket . But the
quick eye of Clive soon perceived that the head of the young volunteer would be
...
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The inquiry into the conduct of the minister was postponed on different pretences
. He was detained in 10 an easy confinement during many months . In the mean
time , the great revolution which Hastings had planned was carried into effect .
The inquiry into the conduct of the minister was postponed on different pretences
. He was detained in 10 an easy confinement during many months . In the mean
time , the great revolution which Hastings had planned was carried into effect .
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ESSAY ON WARREN HASTINGS Thomas Babington Macaulay Bar Macaulay,Allan 1876- Abbott Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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174. oldal - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons.
179. oldal - House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of the English nation, whose ancient honor he has sullied. I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose rights he has trodden under foot, and whose country he has turned into a desert. Lastly, in the name of human nature itself, in the name of both sexes, in the name of every age, in the name of every rank, I impeach the common enemy and oppressor of all !" When the deep murmur of various emotions had subsided,...
179. oldal - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of the English nation, whose ancient honor he has sullied.
175. oldal - He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man.
172. oldal - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
173. oldal - There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres ; and when before a senate, which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
172. oldal - ... fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter Kingat-arms.
176. oldal - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.
176. oldal - ... commanding, copious, and sonorous eloquence was wanting to that great muster of various talents. Age and blindness had unfitted Lord North for the duties of a public prosecutor; and his friends were left without the help of his excellent sense, his tact, and his urbanity.
154. oldal - ... descending the steps to the riverside, the black faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect, the turbans and the flowing robes, the spears and the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all these things were to him as the objects amidst which his own life had been passed, as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St.