Essay on Warren Hastings |
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xxvii. oldal
... habitual fairness appears in this statement : “ In my opinion the chief reason for
preferring the Sudder Court is this , that it is the court which we. have. provided. to
. administer. justice. ,. in. the. last. resort. ,. to the great body of the people .
... habitual fairness appears in this statement : “ In my opinion the chief reason for
preferring the Sudder Court is this , that it is the court which we. have. provided. to
. administer. justice. ,. in. the. last. resort. ,. to the great body of the people .
xlii. oldal
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. conquered and settled in Spain
before any incursions into India succeeded . The following table gives the chief
Mohammedan dynasties of India . I . House of Ghizni . 1001 – 1180 . ( Turkish . )
II .
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. conquered and settled in Spain
before any incursions into India succeeded . The following table gives the chief
Mohammedan dynasties of India . I . House of Ghizni . 1001 – 1180 . ( Turkish . )
II .
xliii. oldal
The Hindu chief of Lahore had been annoyed by raids from the Mohammedans
of Ghizni . He marched his Rajputs northwest to this town . They were repulsed ;
their retreat was cut off , and they barely saved themselves by promising great ...
The Hindu chief of Lahore had been annoyed by raids from the Mohammedans
of Ghizni . He marched his Rajputs northwest to this town . They were repulsed ;
their retreat was cut off , and they barely saved themselves by promising great ...
xlvi. oldal
A digression from the main narrative of the Moguls seems called for in order to
describe the great Hindu confederacies that were the chief agents in breaking the
Moslem power . Rajputs ; Mahrattas ; Sikhs : Rajputana . — Aurungzebe ' s son ...
A digression from the main narrative of the Moguls seems called for in order to
describe the great Hindu confederacies that were the chief agents in breaking the
Moslem power . Rajputs ; Mahrattas ; Sikhs : Rajputana . — Aurungzebe ' s son ...
lv. oldal
The French were more diplomatic than the English and more affable to the native
chiefs , and so had gained many ... In self - defence the English espoused the
cause of a rival chief for the Carnatic , Mohammed Ali , afterward known as the ...
The French were more diplomatic than the English and more affable to the native
chiefs , and so had gained many ... In self - defence the English espoused the
cause of a rival chief for the Carnatic , Mohammed Ali , afterward known as the ...
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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.