Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, 3권A.C. Armstrong & son, 1860 |
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... seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even offered to bear the ex- pense of sending his favourite pupil to Oxford . But Mr. Chiswick was inflexible . He thought the years which had already been wasted on ...
... seemed likely to be one of the first scholars of the age . He even offered to bear the ex- pense of sending his favourite pupil to Oxford . But Mr. Chiswick was inflexible . He thought the years which had already been wasted on ...
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... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor , than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
... seemed to be aware of what nevertheless was most undoubtedly the truth , that India was a poorer country than countries which in Europe are reckoned poor , than Ireland , for example , or than Portugal . It was confidently believed by ...
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... of every man in Bengal had passed , as it seemed , nto the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in They were eagerly welcomed by the majority , who , WARREN HASTINGS . 41.
... of every man in Bengal had passed , as it seemed , nto the hands of the new Councillors . Immediately charges against the Governor - General began to pour in They were eagerly welcomed by the majority , who , WARREN HASTINGS . 41.
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... turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , per- haps prosecuted . The opinion of the crown lawyers had already been taken respecting some parts of the Governor - General's conduct . It seemed to be higt WARREN HASTINGS . 53.
... turned out , branded with parliamentary censure , per- haps prosecuted . The opinion of the crown lawyers had already been taken respecting some parts of the Governor - General's conduct . It seemed to be higt WARREN HASTINGS . 53.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Governor - General's conduct . It seemed to be higt time to think of securing an honourable retreat . Un- der these circumstances , Macleane thought himself justified in producing the resignation ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Governor - General's conduct . It seemed to be higt time to think of securing an honourable retreat . Un- der these circumstances , Macleane thought himself justified in producing the resignation ...
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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...