The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 26
... proceeding without shame and horror . My Lords , when this man appeared as an accuser of Mr. Hastings , if he was a man of bad character , it was a great advantage to Mr. Hastings to be ac- cused by a man of that description . There was ...
... proceeding without shame and horror . My Lords , when this man appeared as an accuser of Mr. Hastings , if he was a man of bad character , it was a great advantage to Mr. Hastings to be ac- cused by a man of that description . There was ...
Page 40
... proceeding . Nothing could per- suade him , upon any account , to lay aside his sys- tem of bribery : that he was resolved to persevere in . The point was now to reconcile it with his safety . The first thing he did was to attempt to ...
... proceeding . Nothing could per- suade him , upon any account , to lay aside his sys- tem of bribery : that he was resolved to persevere in . The point was now to reconcile it with his safety . The first thing he did was to attempt to ...
Page 42
... proceeding , as far as I am able to trace such a scene of prevarication , direct fraud , falsehood , and falsification of the public accounts , was this . From bribes he knew he could never abstain ; and his then precarious situation ...
... proceeding , as far as I am able to trace such a scene of prevarication , direct fraud , falsehood , and falsification of the public accounts , was this . From bribes he knew he could never abstain ; and his then precarious situation ...
Page 54
... proceeding . His next step was , without apprising the Court of Directors of his intention , or without having given an idea of any such intention to his colleagues while alive , either those who died in India , or those who afterwards ...
... proceeding . His next step was , without apprising the Court of Directors of his intention , or without having given an idea of any such intention to his colleagues while alive , either those who died in India , or those who afterwards ...
Page 65
... proceedings to be such a flut- ter about the care of the Rajah , and the management of his household : in short , that there never was such a tender guardianship as , always with the knowledge of Mr. Hastings , is exercised over this ...
... proceedings to be such a flut- ter about the care of the Rajah , and the management of his household : in short , that there never was such a tender guardianship as , always with the knowledge of Mr. Hastings , is exercised over this ...
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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