The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 18
... judge whether these gentlemen had fallen so deeply in love with the banians , and thought so highly of their merits and services , as to reward them with all the possessions of the great landed interest of the country . Your Lordships ...
... judge whether these gentlemen had fallen so deeply in love with the banians , and thought so highly of their merits and services , as to reward them with all the possessions of the great landed interest of the country . Your Lordships ...
Page 20
... judge whether such outrageous vio- lations of all the principles by which Mr. Hastings pretended to be guided in the settlement of these farms were for the benefit of this old , decayed , affec- tionate servant of one year's standing ...
... judge whether such outrageous vio- lations of all the principles by which Mr. Hastings pretended to be guided in the settlement of these farms were for the benefit of this old , decayed , affec- tionate servant of one year's standing ...
Page 27
... judge but that it was done for the screening of his own guilt : for a man may use a legal power corruptly , and for the most shameful and detestable purposes . And thus matters continued , till he com- menced a criminal prosecution ...
... judge but that it was done for the screening of his own guilt : for a man may use a legal power corruptly , and for the most shameful and detestable purposes . And thus matters continued , till he com- menced a criminal prosecution ...
Page 31
... judge of the true nature of this hospitality of corruption , I must bring before you the business of the visitor and the condition of the host , as stated by Mr. Hastings himself , who best knows what he was doing . He was , then , at ...
... judge of the true nature of this hospitality of corruption , I must bring before you the business of the visitor and the condition of the host , as stated by Mr. Hastings himself , who best knows what he was doing . He was , then , at ...
Page 35
... judge of the bribe for which he sold the country government . Under this head you will have produced to you ful ! proof of his sale of a judicial office to a person called Khân Jehan Khân , and the modes he took to frus- trate all ...
... judge of the bribe for which he sold the country government . Under this head you will have produced to you ful ! proof of his sale of a judicial office to a person called Khân Jehan Khân , and the modes he took to frus- trate all ...
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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