The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 4
... direct articles , to apply the evidence to the articles , and to bring the matter for- ward for your Lordships ' decision in that manner which the confidence we have in the justice of our cause demands from the Commons of Great Britain ...
... direct articles , to apply the evidence to the articles , and to bring the matter for- ward for your Lordships ' decision in that manner which the confidence we have in the justice of our cause demands from the Commons of Great Britain ...
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... direct sale of offices of justice , - by the direct sale of the successions of families , — by the sale of guardianships and trusts , held most sacred among the people of In- dia : by the sale of them , not , as before , to farmers ...
... direct sale of offices of justice , - by the direct sale of the successions of families , — by the sale of guardianships and trusts , held most sacred among the people of In- dia : by the sale of them , not , as before , to farmers ...
Page 42
... direct fraud , falsehood , and falsification of the public accounts , was this . From bribes he knew he could never abstain ; and his then precarious situation made him the more ra- pacious . He knew that a few of his former bribes had ...
... direct fraud , falsehood , and falsification of the public accounts , was this . From bribes he knew he could never abstain ; and his then precarious situation made him the more ra- pacious . He knew that a few of his former bribes had ...
Page 48
... direct evidence , and you are furnished with a rule of irresistible pre- sumption that every other irregular act by which unlawful gain may arise is done upon the same cor- rupt motive . Semel malus præsumitur semper malus . As for good ...
... direct evidence , and you are furnished with a rule of irresistible pre- sumption that every other irregular act by which unlawful gain may arise is done upon the same cor- rupt motive . Semel malus præsumitur semper malus . As for good ...
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... direct explanation , that he fairly gives it up : he has used artifice and stratagem , which he knows will not do ; and at last attempts to cover the treachery of his conduct by the treachery of his memory . Frequent applications were ...
... direct explanation , that he fairly gives it up : he has used artifice and stratagem , which he knows will not do ; and at last attempts to cover the treachery of his conduct by the treachery of his memory . Frequent applications were ...
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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