 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
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 pages
...meanness of a pedlar, and the profligacy of pirates. Alike in the political and the military line could he observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. — Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to show the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan, George Gabriel Sigmond - 1857 - 592 pages
...achievements, the meanness of a pedlar, and the profligacy of pirates. Alike in the political and the military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." The speech, on the 2nd of April, on the acceptance of various bribes, by Hastings, went to prove that... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 pages
...even with their boldest achievements, the meanness of a pedlar and the profligacy of pirates-^-alike in the political and military line, could be observed...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other.' His parliamentary reputation could hardly have been maintained by his set speeches, although he devoted... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1858 - 326 pages
...united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's ccunting-house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." The effect of this speech, added to the line taken by the Minister, turned the balance against Hastings,... | |
 | William Earle - 1859 - 374 pages
...even with their boldest achievements, the meanness of a pedlar and the profligacy of pirates. Alike in the political and military line could be observed...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to show the various irrefragable proofs, exhibited in the... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1861 - 420 pages
...as a government, and disgraced even their boldest achievements, which showed the meanness of pedlers and the profligacy of pirates. "Alike," he says, "...picking a pocket with the other." On the 3d of June, 1788, Sheridan, having been appointed one of the managers of the impeachment of Hastings, delivered... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 644 pages
...achievements, the meanness of a pedlar and the profligacy of pirates. Alike in the political and the military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." The debate was adjourned to the next day, for the house could not be brought to listen to any other... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 650 pages
...government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's j counting-house — wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." The debate was adjourned to the next day, for the house ' could not be brought to listen to any other... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...government, which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a mercltant's counting-house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and. picking a pocket with the other. 362. FROM HIS SPEECH AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS IN WESTMINSTER HALL, June 3, 1788. The counsel, in recommending... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 662 pages
...achievements, the meanness of a pedlar and the profligacy of pirates. Alike in the political and the military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." The debate was adjourned to the next day, for the house could not be brought to listen to any other... | |
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