 Under such circumstances did Mr. Hastings complete the treaty of Chunar — a treaty which might challenge all the treaties that ever subsisted, for containing in the smallest compass the most extensive treachery. Mr. Hastings did not...  The Annual biography and obituary - Page 1631817Full view - About this book
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 566 pages
...tuted, sentence was pronounced. And thus, at the same time that the sword of government was converted to an assassin's dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest contamination. It was dear to demonstration, that the Begums were not concerned... | |
 | William Belsham - 1805 - 600 pages
...instituted, sentence was pronounced. And thus, at the same time that the sword of government was converted to an assassin's dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest contamination. It was clear to demonstration, that the Begums were not concerned... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...his feelings; in search of calamities most akin to his invalid imagination. Thus, at the same moment that the sword of government was turned to an assassin's...dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest contamination. Such were the circumstances, under which Mr. Hastings completed... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...; in anxious I search of calamities most akin to his invalid imagination. Thus, at the same moment that the sword of government was turned to an assassin's...dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest contamination. Such were the circumstances, under which Mr. Hastings completed... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pages
...inhumanities, the judicial authoiity also became its close and confidential associate-*at the same moment that the sword of government was turned to an assassin's...dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest and meanest contamination. Under such circumstances did Mr. HASTINGS complete... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...anxious search gf calamities most akin to his invalid imagination. Thus, at the same Vol. II, 48 moment that the sword of government was turned to an assassin's dagger, the pure ermine ofjustice was stained and soiled with the basest contamination. Such were the circumstances, under... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1810 - 612 pages
...of calamities most akin to his invalid imagination. Thus, at the same VOL. If. 4tf moment that tlic sword of government was turned to an assassin's dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest contamination. Such were the circumstances, under which Mr. Hastings completed... | |
 | David Hume - 1811 - 506 pages
...feelings ; in anxious search of calamities most akin to his invalid imagination: thus, at the same moment that the sword of government was turned to an assassin's...dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest contamination. Such were the circumstances, under which Mr. Hastings completed... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...inhumanities, the judicial authority olso became its close and confidential associate ; at the same moment that the sword of government was turned to an assassin's...dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and foiled with the basest and meanest contamination. Under such circumstances did Mr. Hastings complete... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1816 - 744 pages
...inhumanities, the judicial authority also became its close and confidential associate ; at the same moment that the sword of government was turned to an assassin's...dagger, the pure ermine of justice was stained and soiled with the basest and meanest contamination. Under such circumstances did Mr. Hastings complete... | |
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