The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... called eminently and peculiarly to account . There are many things , undoubtedly , in crimes , which make them frightful and odious ; but bribery , filthy hands , a chief governor of a great em- pire receiving bribes from poor ...
... called eminently and peculiarly to account . There are many things , undoubtedly , in crimes , which make them frightful and odious ; but bribery , filthy hands , a chief governor of a great em- pire receiving bribes from poor ...
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... called Nundcomar , who had the man- agement of revenues amounting to 150,000l . a year , and who had , if really inclined to play the small game with which he has been charged by his accusers , abundant means to gratify himself in ...
... called Nundcomar , who had the man- agement of revenues amounting to 150,000l . a year , and who had , if really inclined to play the small game with which he has been charged by his accusers , abundant means to gratify himself in ...
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... called Mohun Persaud . Mr. Hastings had seen papers put upon the board , charging him with this previous plot for the destruction of Nundcomar ; and this identical per- son , Mohun Persaud , whom Nundcomar had charged as Mr. Hastings's ...
... called Mohun Persaud . Mr. Hastings had seen papers put upon the board , charging him with this previous plot for the destruction of Nundcomar ; and this identical per- son , Mohun Persaud , whom Nundcomar had charged as Mr. Hastings's ...
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... called him , to be the instrument of his own disgrace , and the scandal of his fami- ly and government . He makes him to pass by his mother , and to petition us to appoint Munny Begum once more to the administration of the viceroyalty ...
... called him , to be the instrument of his own disgrace , and the scandal of his fami- ly and government . He makes him to pass by his mother , and to petition us to appoint Munny Begum once more to the administration of the viceroyalty ...
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... called Khân Jehan Khân , and the modes he took to frus- trate all inquiry on that subject , upon a wicked and false pretence , that , according to his religious scru- ples , he could not be sworn . The great end and object I have in ...
... called Khân Jehan Khân , and the modes he took to frus- trate all inquiry on that subject , upon a wicked and false pretence , that , according to his religious scru- ples , he could not be sworn . The great end and object I have in ...
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accusation act of Parliament affairs agent appear appointed authority banian believe Bengal bonds bribery Calcutta called Cantoo Baboo character charge circumstances Clavering Committee Company Company's concealment conduct consequence consider corruption Council Court of Directors covenants crimes Debi Sing declared defence dewan Dinagepore discovery duty endeavored evidence evil explanation extortion favor forgery fraud give given Governor Governor-General guilt Gunga Govind Sing hands Hastings's honor House of Commons India ings inquiry knew lac of rupees Larkins letter Lords Mahomed Reza Khân manner means ment mind Munny Begum Nabob nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression paid Patna peculation person presumption pretended principle proceedings proof prosecution prove province Rajah receiving bribes regard revenue sent servants Sir John Clavering situation suffer sum of money taken tell thing thought tion transactions trust ul Dowlah Warren Hastings whole zemindary