 Alike in the political and military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals : and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ! an army employed in executing an arrest ! a town besieged on a note of hand ! a prince...  The North American Review - Page 77edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | 1884 - 1104 pages
...town besieged on a note of hand, a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was, they united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. But the real gravamen of my impeachment against the present system of our Indian Government is contained... | |
 | 1837 - 596 pages
...»>tccessitc operationx." * * * •' Thus it was they exhibited a government, which united the mock-majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." supply its place, and, unless a change lias very recently taken place, the best barracks in the Bengal... | |
 | 1837 - 596 pages
...successive operations." * * * " Thus it was they exhibited a government, which united the mock-majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's...with, one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." supply its place, and, unless a change has very recently taken place, the best barracks in the Bengal... | |
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