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" I resolved," these are the words of Hastings himself, "to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses, — to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency. "
A Narrative of the Late Transactions at Benares: By Warren Hastings, Esq - Page 15
by Warren Hastings - 1782 - 132 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 26

Edmund Burke - History - 1785 - 652 pages
...deftined for purpofes of the moil dangerous tendency to the company's dominion. In a word, that, he had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exaft a fevere vengeance for his paft delinquency,— He feems, however, apprehenfive in feveral ¡afiances,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 26

History - 1800 - 608 pages
...ngrecd upon, that the of the moft dangerous tendency to the company's dominion. In a word, that he had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a fevere vengcйпсе for his paft delinquency. — He feems, however, app ehenfive in lèverai instances,...
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Annual Register, Volume 26

Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 632 pages
...fine to the amount of of' the moft dangerous tendency to the company's dominion. In a word, that he had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a i'evere vengeance for his pall delinquency. — He feems, however, app-ehenfive in levers 1 inltance*,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1800 - 632 pages
...agreed upon, tliat the oí the moll dangerous tendency lo the company's dominión. In a word, that he had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to ехает. a fevere vengeance for his pair delinquency.-*-" He feems, however, apprehenfive in feveral...
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The History of British India, Volume 2

James Mill - Hindus - 1817 - 744 pages
...the GovernorHajah. General, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses. In a word, I had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for his past delinquency." * The confession has the merit of frankness, be the other...
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Colonization and Christianity: A Popular History of the Treatment of the ...

William Howitt - Atrocities - 1838 - 552 pages
...Hastings — the guilt was all on the other side) " the means of relief to the Company's distresses. In a word, I had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for his past delinquency."* What this delinquency could possibly be, unless it were...
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The History of England, Volume 3

Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 568 pages
...resolved," says Mr. Hastings, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the company's distresses. I had determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for his past delinquency." With this righteous object in view, Mr. Hastings, in 1781,...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 3

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 644 pages
...in a very high degree, his punishment, as an example, required both by justice and policy ; and he determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for his past delinquency*. Actuated by such feelings, the demeanour of the HISTOKY...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 3

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 638 pages
...in a very high degree, his punishment, as an example, required both by justice and policy ; and he determined to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for his past delinquency*. Actuated by such feelings, the demeanour of the * Hastings,s...
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The American Eclectic, Volume 3

American periodicals - 1842 - 654 pages
...words of Hastings himself, " to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses — to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency." The plan was simply this — to demand larger and larger contributions,...
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