...united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's countinghnuse, 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...

...was that they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the petty traffic of a merchant's counting-house ; wielding...with one hand and picking a pocket with the other." Though there certainly are portions of this description which do not apply to the case before us, there...

...was that they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the petty traffic of a merchant's counting-house ; wielding...with one hand and picking a pocket with the other." Though there certainly are portions of this description which do not apply to the case before us, there...

...which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and 'he petty traffic of a merchant's countingbouse ; wielding a truncheon with one hand and picking a pocket with the other." For many features of the following portrait an original might possibly be found at the present day....

...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. Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to show the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the...

...besieged on a note of hand ; a. prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was they exhihited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. Against Sir Elijah Impey, Sheridan ran on still more riotously. He called him ' the Oriental Grotius/...

...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...

...; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was they exhibited a government i^hich united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the...state trial is said to have reached its height on the occasion of his speech. Fifty guineas were known to have been paid for a ticket. The oration, including...

...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 documents on the table would bear incontrovertible testimony that insurrections had constantly...

...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...