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" Before my departure from England, I was present at the august spectacle of Mr. Hastings's trial in Westminster Hall. It is not my province to absolve or condemn the governor of India ; but Mr. Sheridan's eloquence demanded my applause ; nor could I hear... "
The life of Edward Gibbon [by himself] with selections from his ... - Page 192
by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 357 pages
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...of Lord North. After the loss of power and of sight, he was still happy in himself and his friends; and my public tribute of gratitude and esteem could no longer be suspi-cted of any interested motive. Before my departure from England, I was present at the august...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...of Lord North. After the loss of power and of sight, he was still happy in himself and his friends, and my public tribute of gratitude and esteem could no longer be suspected of any interes I motive. Before my departure from Eng ,vas present at the august specngs's trial in Westminster...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...of Lord North. After the loss of power and of sight, he was still happy in himself and his friends ; and my public tribute of gratitude and esteem could...England, I was present at the august spectacle of Mr. Hasting'^ trial in Westminster ilall. It is not my province to absolve or condemn the Governor of India...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 2

1818 - 486 pages
...North. After the loss of power and of sight, he was still happy in himself and his friends, and my tribute of gratitude, and esteem, could no longer be suspected of any interested motive." Francis North Earl of Guilford, of whom we are now to treat, was the second son of this nobleman. On...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - 1818 - 590 pages
...North. After the loss of power and of sight, he was still happy in himself and his friends, and my tribute of gratitude, and esteem, could no longer be suspected of any interested motive." Francis North Earl of Guilford, of whom we are now to treat, was the second son of this nobleman. On...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 586 pages
...thought it an event worthy of record in his Memoirs. " Before my departure from England (he says), I was present at the august spectacle of Mr. Hastings's...my province to absolve or condemn the Governor of India ; but Mr. Sheridan's eloquence demanded my applause ; nor could I hear without emotion the personal...
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Memoirs of the life of ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 566 pages
...thought it an event worthy of record in his Memoirs. " Before my departure from England (he says), I was present at the august spectacle of Mr. Hastings's...my province to absolve or condemn the Governor of India ; but Mr. Sheridan's eloquence demanded my applause ; nor could I hear without emotion the personal...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 568 pages
...Before my departure from England (he says), I was present at the august spectacle of Mr. Hastings.s Trial in Westminster Hall. It is not my province to absolve or condemn the Governor of India ; but Mr. Sheridan.s eloquence demanded my applause ; nor could I hear without emotion the personal...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...should be deemed such. the loss of power and of sight, he was still happy in himself and his friends ; and my public tribute of gratitude and esteem could no longer be suspected of anyinterested motive. Before my departure from England, I was present at the august spectacle of Mr...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...should be deemed such. the losa of power and of sight, he was still happy in himself and his friends; and my public tribute of gratitude and esteem could...my province to absolve or condemn the governor of India;* but Mr Sheridan's eloquence commanded my applause ; nor could I hear without emotion the personal...
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