Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 31
... Questions respecting elections were then considered merely as party questions . Judicial impartiality was not even affected . Sir Robert Wal- pole was in the habit of saying openly that , in election battles , there ought to be no ...
... Questions respecting elections were then considered merely as party questions . Judicial impartiality was not even affected . Sir Robert Wal- pole was in the habit of saying openly that , in election battles , there ought to be no ...
Pagina 51
... question as a question of expediency in the lowest sense of the word , and using no arguments but such as Machiavelli might have em- ployed in his conferences with Borgia , we are convinced that Clive was altogether in the wrong , and ...
... question as a question of expediency in the lowest sense of the word , and using no arguments but such as Machiavelli might have em- ployed in his conferences with Borgia , we are convinced that Clive was altogether in the wrong , and ...
Pagina 64
... questions of the most solemn importance . Fictitious votes were manufactured on a gigan- tic scale . Clive himself laid out a hundred thousand pounds in the purchase of stock , which he then divided among nominal proprietors on whom he ...
... questions of the most solemn importance . Fictitious votes were manufactured on a gigan- tic scale . Clive himself laid out a hundred thousand pounds in the purchase of stock , which he then divided among nominal proprietors on whom he ...
Pagina 68
... , " that this nation's presence of mind , firmness of temper , and undaunted bravery , are past all question . They join the most resolute courage to the most cautious prudence ; nor have they their equals 68 LORD CLIVE .
... , " that this nation's presence of mind , firmness of temper , and undaunted bravery , are past all question . They join the most resolute courage to the most cautious prudence ; nor have they their equals 68 LORD CLIVE .
Pagina 71
... question the power of the new govern- ment . Johnstone was cowed , and disclaimed any such in- tention . All the faces round the board grew long and pale ; and not another syllable of dissent was uttered . Clive redeemed his pledge . He ...
... question the power of the new govern- ment . Johnstone was cowed , and disclaimed any such in- tention . All the faces round the board grew long and pale ; and not another syllable of dissent was uttered . Clive redeemed his pledge . He ...
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