Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, 3권A.C. Armstrong & son, 1860 |
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... ment . He , therefore , with great judgment , determined to apply his vigorous mind for a time to this depart- ment of business , which had been much neglected , since the servants of the Company had ceased to be clerks , and had become ...
... ment . He , therefore , with great judgment , determined to apply his vigorous mind for a time to this depart- ment of business , which had been much neglected , since the servants of the Company had ceased to be clerks , and had become ...
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... ment . The allowance of the Nabob of Bengal was re duced at a stroke from three hundred and twenty thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Com- pany had bound itself to pay near three hundred thou- sand pounds a year to the Great ...
... ment . The allowance of the Nabob of Bengal was re duced at a stroke from three hundred and twenty thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Com- pany had bound itself to pay near three hundred thou- sand pounds a year to the Great ...
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... ment has only to let it be understood that it wishes a particular man to be ruined ; and , in twenty - four hours , at will be furnished with grave charges , supported by depositions so full and circumstantial that any person ...
... ment has only to let it be understood that it wishes a particular man to be ruined ; and , in twenty - four hours , at will be furnished with grave charges , supported by depositions so full and circumstantial that any person ...
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... ment from power will call forth , in a week , more Oateses , and Bedloes , and Dangerfields , than Westminster Hall sees in a century . It would have been strange indeed if , at such a junc- ture , Nuncomar had remained quiet . That bad ...
... ment from power will call forth , in a week , more Oateses , and Bedloes , and Dangerfields , than Westminster Hall sees in a century . It would have been strange indeed if , at such a junc- ture , Nuncomar had remained quiet . That bad ...
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... ment of Bengal . The dangers of the empire might well induce men of patriotic feeling , - and of patriotic feeling neither Hastings nor Francis was destitute , - to forget private enmities , and to co - operate heartily for the general ...
... ment of Bengal . The dangers of the empire might well induce men of patriotic feeling , - and of patriotic feeling neither Hastings nor Francis was destitute , - to forget private enmities , and to co - operate heartily for the general ...
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Addison admiration appeared army Barère 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 Grenville hand Hastings Hippolyte Carnot honour House of Bourbon House of Commons House of Hanover 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 poet political Pope prince principles produced Prussian Queen Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre scarcely seemed sent Silesia slave soon spirit statesman strong talents taste temper thing thought thousand tion took Tories Tortola truth Voltaire voted Whig whole writer young
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130 페이지 - ... had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There, too, was she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay.
129 페이지 - The gray old walls were hung with scarlet. The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation 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.
133 페이지 - The energy and pathos of the great orator extorted expressions of unwonted admiration from the stern and - hostile Chancellor, and, for a moment, seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defendant. The ladies in the galleries, unaccustomed to such displays of eloquence, excited by the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps not unwilling to display their taste and sensibility, were in a state of uncontrollable emotion. Handkerchiefs were pulled out; smelling bottles were handed round; hysterical...
134 페이지 - 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.
173 페이지 - You are worse," said one of his medical attendants, "than you should be from the degree of fever which you have. Is your mind at ease ? " "No, it is not," were the last recorded words of Oliver Goldsmith.
128 페이지 - 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.
8 페이지 - This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war, finance, and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford.
129 페이지 - ... where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his 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 King-at-Arms. The judges, in their vestments of state, attended to give advice on points of law.
174 페이지 - The evils produced by his wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America...
116 페이지 - Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns to the wild moor where the...