The English nation; or, A history of England in the lives of Englishmen, Volume 5A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... conduct of the late governor - general of India . On the 4th of April , 1786 , Mr Burke , in his place , exhibited to the house nine articles of charge against Warren Hastings , Esq . They were in substance as follows : - I. With gross ...
... conduct of the late governor - general of India . On the 4th of April , 1786 , Mr Burke , in his place , exhibited to the house nine articles of charge against Warren Hastings , Esq . They were in substance as follows : - I. With gross ...
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... conduct , and that the press daily teemed with the most gross libels upon every part of his administration in India . He said that the most extraordinary of all was the pamphlet lately published , in which the charges of delinquency ...
... conduct , and that the press daily teemed with the most gross libels upon every part of his administration in India . He said that the most extraordinary of all was the pamphlet lately published , in which the charges of delinquency ...
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... conduct , exhibited proofs of a wild , eccentric , and irregular mind . In pride , in passion , in all things he was changeable , except in corruption . His revenge was a tempest , —å tornado involving all within its influence in one ...
... conduct , exhibited proofs of a wild , eccentric , and irregular mind . In pride , in passion , in all things he was changeable , except in corruption . His revenge was a tempest , —å tornado involving all within its influence in one ...
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... Conduct whilst he was Governor - general of Fort - Wil- liam in Bengal . ' 4to . Debrett . From his preface we shall make some extracts : " The impeachment , " he observes , " had , from a variety of well - known causes , excited at ...
... Conduct whilst he was Governor - general of Fort - Wil- liam in Bengal . ' 4to . Debrett . From his preface we shall make some extracts : " The impeachment , " he observes , " had , from a variety of well - known causes , excited at ...
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... conducted the defence with consummate ability . The way , however , was not yet completely smooth before him . By a ... conduct on the part of Lord Kenyon once drew from Law a very happy quotation . Erskine , who was engaged on the ...
... conducted the defence with consummate ability . The way , however , was not yet completely smooth before him . By a ... conduct on the part of Lord Kenyon once drew from Law a very happy quotation . Erskine , who was engaged on the ...
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