 | Michael Edwardes - 1976 - 228 pages
...are able to 5 form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. The charges and the answers of Hastings were first...rendered less tedious than it would otherwise have been 10 by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper, the clerk of the court, a near relation of the... | |
 | 1842 - 574 pages
...read. This ceremony occupied two wholedays, and was rendered less tedious than it would otherwise lure been, by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper,...clerk of the court, a near relation of the amiable poet. On the third day Burke rose. Four sittings of the court were occupied by his opening speech,... | |
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The charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. The ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it would otherwise have been by the silver voice and just emphasis of Cowper, the clerk of the court, a near relation of... 
