Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volúmenes5-6A.C. Armstrong, 1860 |
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... with great distinction , that he had deliv- ered to the Peshwa letters and presents from Lewis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mal rattas . WARREN HASTINGS . 59.
... with great distinction , that he had deliv- ered to the Peshwa letters and presents from Lewis the Sixteenth , and that a treaty , hostile to England , had been concluded between France and the Mal rattas . WARREN HASTINGS . 59.
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... France , Cheyte Sing was called upon to pay , in addi- tion to his fixed tribute , an extraordinary contribution of fifty thousand pounds . In 1779 , an equal sum was exacted . In 1780 , the demand was renewed . Cheyte Sing , in the ...
... France , Cheyte Sing was called upon to pay , in addi- tion to his fixed tribute , an extraordinary contribution of fifty thousand pounds . In 1779 , an equal sum was exacted . In 1780 , the demand was renewed . Cheyte Sing , in the ...
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... in former wars . Spain regained Minorca and Florida ; France regained Senegal , Goree , and several West In- lian Islands . The only quarter of the world in which Britain had lost nothing was the quarter in which her WARREN HASTINGS . 99.
... in former wars . Spain regained Minorca and Florida ; France regained Senegal , Goree , and several West In- lian Islands . The only quarter of the world in which Britain had lost nothing was the quarter in which her WARREN HASTINGS . 99.
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... France met at Versailles . In the midst of the agitation produced by these events , the impeachment was for a time almost forgotten . The trial in the Hall went on languidly . In the Bession of 1788 , when the proceedings had the ...
... France met at Versailles . In the midst of the agitation produced by these events , the impeachment was for a time almost forgotten . The trial in the Hall went on languidly . In the Bession of 1788 , when the proceedings had the ...
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... France to supreme power on the Continent , at the expense of the house of Hapsburg . His first object was to rob the Queen of Hungary . His second object was that , if possible , nobody should rob her but himself . He had entered into ...
... France to supreme power on the Continent , at the expense of the house of Hapsburg . His first object was to rob the Queen of Hungary . His second object was that , if possible , nobody should rob her but himself . He had entered into ...
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Addison admiration appeared army Barère became Benares Bengal Burke Bute called cause character chief coalition colonies court crimes death defended Duke eloquence eminent enemies England English favour favourite feeling France Frances Burney Frederic French friends genius George Grenville Girondists Governor-General Grenville hand Hastings Hippolyte Carnot honour House of Bourbon House of Commons human hundred India Jacobin Johnson justice King labour language less letters liberty literary live London Lord Lord Rockingham Madame D'Arblay Major Moody master means ment mind minister Miss Burney nation nature never Nuncomar opinion Parliament party passed person Pitt Pitt's poet political Pope prince produced Prussian Queen Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre royal scarcely seemed sent Silesia slave soon spirit statesman strong talents taste thing thought thousand tion took Tortola Tory truth Voltaire vote Whig whole writer young
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Página 125 - of an orator. 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 fairhaired young daughters of the House of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors of great Kings and Common
Página 124 - 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 Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed
Página 126 - 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
Página 420 - to the consummate painter of life and manners. It was due, above all, to the great satirist, who alone knew how to use ridicule without abusing it, who, without inflicting a wound, effected a great social reform, and who reconciled wit and virtue, after a long and disastrous separation, during which wit had been led astray by profligacy,
Página 19 - movements languid. During many ages he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavourable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of manly resistance
Página 126 - There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those of Fox himself, had carried the Westminster election against palace and treasury, shone around
Página 112 - had just as lively an idea of the insurrection at Benares as of Lord George Gordon's riots, and of the execution of Nuncomar as of the execution of Dr. Dodd. Oppression in Bengal was to him the same thing as oppression in the streets of London. He saw that Hastings had been guilty
Página 325 - Addison's classical attainments. In one department of learning, indeed, his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate. His knowledge of the Latin poets, from Lucretius and Catullus down to Claudian and Prudentius, was singularly exact and profound. He understood them thoroughly, entered into their spirit, and had the finest and most discriminating
Página 374 - or Cervantes. But what shall we say of Addison's humour, of his sense of the ludicrous, of his power of awakening that sense in others, and of drawing mirth from incidents which occur every day, and from little peculiarities of temper and manner, such as may be found in every man ? We feel the charm
Página 90 - is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper." While these barbarities were perpetrated at Lucknow, the Princesses were still under duress at Fyzabad. Food was allowed to enter their apartments only in