The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 64
... entered upon the record , - but not the private , and probably the true history of this corrupt transaction . - Very soon after this decision , very soon after this peshcush was given , we find all the officers of the young Rajah , who ...
... entered upon the record , - but not the private , and probably the true history of this corrupt transaction . - Very soon after this decision , very soon after this peshcush was given , we find all the officers of the young Rajah , who ...
Page 77
... entered into as a restraint on his avarice , rapacity , and tyranny , which , from the highest of the nobility and gentry to the lowest husbandmen , were afterwards exercised , with a stern and unrelenting impartiality , upon the whole ...
... entered into as a restraint on his avarice , rapacity , and tyranny , which , from the highest of the nobility and gentry to the lowest husbandmen , were afterwards exercised , with a stern and unrelenting impartiality , upon the whole ...
Page 79
... entered into the habitations of these female zemindars , and held their goods and persons in execu- tion , nothing being left but what was daily threat- ened , their life and honor . The landholders , even women of eminent rank and ...
... entered into the habitations of these female zemindars , and held their goods and persons in execu- tion , nothing being left but what was daily threat- ened , their life and honor . The landholders , even women of eminent rank and ...
Page 132
... entered the following minute on the 15th of May , 1785 . - - " I have perused the several papers upon this sub- ject , and am sorry to observe that the Committee of Revenue are totally silent on the most material points therein 132 ...
... entered the following minute on the 15th of May , 1785 . - - " I have perused the several papers upon this sub- ject , and am sorry to observe that the Committee of Revenue are totally silent on the most material points therein 132 ...
Page 165
... entered into , and when they took those measures to prevent the very evils from persons placed in those very stations and in those very circumstances in which . we charge Mr. Hastings with having committed the offences we now bring ...
... entered into , and when they took those measures to prevent the very evils from persons placed in those very stations and in those very circumstances in which . we charge Mr. Hastings with having committed the offences we now bring ...
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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