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" I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour. "
The History of British India - Page 53
by James Mill - 1820
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 7

1810 - 500 pages
...which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by niy ex.. perience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and konour. This is a. severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 4

Great Britain - 1820 - 494 pages
...declared concerning Mr. Francis, depended on facts which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be N 2 void of truth and honour. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately . made, from...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 11

Walter Scott - Europe - 1822 - 772 pages
...communicated to the latter, Hastings used the following expressions : " I do not trust to his promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of hit public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour."...
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The Posthumous Works of Junius: To which is Prefixed, an Inquiry Respecting ...

Junius - Great Britain - 1829 - 448 pages
...declared concerning Mr. Francis, depends on facts which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of...private, which I have found to be void of truth and honor. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that...
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The History of the British Empire in India, Volume 2

George Robert Gleig - British - 1835 - 376 pages
...soon as given; at least we find Mr. Hastings, in a minute, dated the 13th of July, 1783, declaring, "I do not trust to his promise of candour, convinced...public conduct by my experience of his private, which I find to be void of truth and honour." The consequence of this accusation was a challenge from Mr. Francis,...
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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
...been made by Mr. Francis to his measures for carrying on the war, and proceeded : " But, in truth, I do " not trust to his promise of candour ; convinced that "he is incapable of it, and that his sole purpose and " wish are to embarrass and defeat every measure " which I may undertake,...
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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
...been made by Mr. Francis to his measures for carrying on the war, and proceeded : " But, in truth, I do " not trust to his promise of candour ; convinced that " he is incapable of it, and that his sole purpose and " wish are to embarrass and defeat every measure " which I may undertake,...
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The American Eclectic, Volume 3

American periodicals - 1842 - 654 pages
...recorded in the Consultations of the Government — **I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candor, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honor." After the Council had risen. Francis...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...minute recorded in the Consultations of the Government—" I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour." After the Council had risen, Francis...
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.THE CALCUTTA REVIEW

CALCUTTA INDIA - 1844 - 650 pages
...not," he wrote in a reply to Francis' minute on the 14th of July 1780, "trust to Mr. Francis' promises of candour, convinced that " he is incapable of it I judge of his public conduct by his " private which I have found to be void of truth and honor." The minute containing this remark,...
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