Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review ... Ed. with Introduction, Notes and Index by F. C. Montague, Volume 3Methuen & Company, 1903 |
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... impeachment of Hastings in Westminster Hall have made it the delight of innumer- able readers . Since Macaulay wrote we have had many picturesque historians , but none has reached the excellence which he attains in the essay on Warren ...
... impeachment of Hastings in Westminster Hall have made it the delight of innumer- able readers . Since Macaulay wrote we have had many picturesque historians , but none has reached the excellence which he attains in the essay on Warren ...
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... impeached him in 1787 ; neither is it that of the House of Commons which uncovered and stood up to receive him in 1813. He had great qualities , and he rendered great services to the state . But to represent him as a man of stain- less ...
... impeached him in 1787 ; neither is it that of the House of Commons which uncovered and stood up to receive him in 1813. He had great qualities , and he rendered great services to the state . But to represent him as a man of stain- less ...
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... As the House refused to impeach him on the charge relating to Nuncomar the rest were allowed to drop . His later years were uneventful . In the endeavour to clear his was an old acquaintance of Hastings ; and it is WARREN HASTINGS 95.
... As the House refused to impeach him on the charge relating to Nuncomar the rest were allowed to drop . His later years were uneventful . In the endeavour to clear his was an old acquaintance of Hastings ; and it is WARREN HASTINGS 95.
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... impeachment . But it does not appear to us that the Catholic lord , by bringing the case before the judge for decision , would materially overstep the limits of a just self - defence . While , therefore , we have not the least doubt ...
... impeachment . But it does not appear to us that the Catholic lord , by bringing the case before the judge for decision , would materially overstep the limits of a just self - defence . While , therefore , we have not the least doubt ...
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... impeachment must last for years . It must impose on the chiefs of the party an immense load of labour . Yet it could ... impeached by Whitbread on the charge of having misappropriated money destined for the use of the Navy , and ...
... impeachment must last for years . It must impose on the chiefs of the party an immense load of labour . Yet it could ... impeached by Whitbread on the charge of having misappropriated money destined for the use of the Navy , and ...
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Página 384 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 342 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Página 40 - Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Página 162 - 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 sobs and screams were heard; and Mrs.
Página 161 - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the- capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.
Página 81 - His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of manly resistance ; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt.
Página 366 - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Página 34 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 74 - ... extreme of misery. A time comes when the evils of submission are obviously greater than those of resistance ; when fear itself begets a sort of courage ; when a convulsive burst of popular rage and despair warns tyrants not to presume too far on the patience of mankind. But against misgovernment such as then afflicted Bengal, it was impossible to struggle. The superior intelligence and energy of the dominant class made their power irresistible. A war of Bengalees against Englishmen was like a...
Página 302 - O'Trigger, than every one of Miss Austen's young divines to all his reverend brethren. And almost all this is done by touches so delicate, that they elude analysis, that they defy the powers of description, and that we know them to exist only by the general effect to which they have contributed.