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... human depravity , his habits were such that he was unable to conceive 10 how far from the path of right even kind and noble natures may be hurried by the rage of conflict and the lust of dominion . Hastings had another associate at ...
... human depravity , his habits were such that he was unable to conceive 10 how far from the path of right even kind and noble natures may be hurried by the rage of conflict and the lust of dominion . Hastings had another associate at ...
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... humanity imposed on them . There was no constitu- tional check on their will , and resistance to them was utterly hopeless . But , though thus absolute in reality , the English had not yet assumed the style of sovereignty . They 30 held ...
... humanity imposed on them . There was no constitu- tional check on their will , and resistance to them was utterly hopeless . But , though thus absolute in reality , the English had not yet assumed the style of sovereignty . They 30 held ...
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... those who are acquainted with human nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar 20 WARREN HASTINGS .
... those who are acquainted with human nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar 20 WARREN HASTINGS .
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... human beings can bear a comparison with them . With all his softness , the Bengalee is by no means placable in his enmities or prone to pity . The pertinacity with which he adheres 30 to his purposes , yields only to the immediate ...
... human beings can bear a comparison with them . With all his softness , the Bengalee is by no means placable in his enmities or prone to pity . The pertinacity with which he adheres 30 to his purposes , yields only to the immediate ...
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... human beings , is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point so clear . We hasten to the end of this sad and disgraceful 20 story . The war ceased . The ...
... human beings , is bound to take order that such power shall not be barbarously abused ? But we beg pardon of our readers for arguing a point so clear . We hasten to the end of this sad and disgraceful 20 story . The war ceased . The ...
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Page 136 - 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.
Page 137 - ... 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. A person small and emaciated, yet deriving dignity from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court, indicated also habitual self-possession and selfrespect, a high and intellectual forehead,...
Page 137 - 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.
Page 141 - 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,...
Page 135 - 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...
Page 19 - What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises, smooth excuses, elaborate tissues of circumstantial falsehood, chicanery, perjury, forgery, are the weapons, offensive and defensive, of the people of the Lower Ganges.
Page 136 - 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.
Page 134 - There have been spectacles more dazzling to the eye, more gorgeous with jewellery and cloth of gold, more attractive to grown-up children, than that which was then exhibited at Westminster; but, perhaps, there never was a spectacle so well calculated to strike a highly cultivated, a reflecting, an imaginative mind.
Page 136 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing. The gray old walls were hung with scarlet. The...
Page 136 - There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art. There were seated round the queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present.