The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 29
... forgery with which this man stood charged , forgery in a private transaction , all the persons who were witnesses or parties to it had been , before or since , the particular friends of Mr. Hastings , in short , persons from that rabble ...
... forgery with which this man stood charged , forgery in a private transaction , all the persons who were witnesses or parties to it had been , before or since , the particular friends of Mr. Hastings , in short , persons from that rabble ...
Page 30
... forgeries : they went on at their usual rate , neither more nor less : but it put an end to all accusations against all persons in power for any corrupt practice . Mr. Hastings ob- serves , that no man in India complains of him . It is ...
... forgeries : they went on at their usual rate , neither more nor less : but it put an end to all accusations against all persons in power for any corrupt practice . Mr. Hastings ob- serves , that no man in India complains of him . It is ...
Page 101
... forgery in order to destroy him ; he criminates and recriminates , and lays about him without mercy . - -- Things were now in a proper train ; the Committee find the cause growing and ripening to their wishes ; -answers , replies ...
... forgery in order to destroy him ; he criminates and recriminates , and lays about him without mercy . - -- Things were now in a proper train ; the Committee find the cause growing and ripening to their wishes ; -answers , replies ...
Page 156
... forgery , or robbery , it ends in his character : " He has an admi- rable character ; I have known him from a boy ; he is wonderfully good ; he is the best of men ; I would trust him with untold gold " : and immediately fol- lows ...
... forgery , or robbery , it ends in his character : " He has an admi- rable character ; I have known him from a boy ; he is wonderfully good ; he is the best of men ; I would trust him with untold gold " : and immediately fol- lows ...
Page 163
... forgery – when all these follow in one train , —when these vices , which gender and spawn in dirt , and are nursed in dunghills , come and pollute with their slime that throne which ought to be a seat of dignity and purity , the evil is ...
... forgery – when all these follow in one train , —when these vices , which gender and spawn in dirt , and are nursed in dunghills , come and pollute with their slime that throne which ought to be a seat of dignity and purity , the evil is ...
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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