The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... tion of justice ? No. Has he enlarged the boundary of our government ? No : there are but too strong proofs of his lessening it . But his pretensions to merit are , that he squeezed more money out of the inhabitants of the country than ...
... tion of justice ? No. Has he enlarged the boundary of our government ? No : there are but too strong proofs of his lessening it . But his pretensions to merit are , that he squeezed more money out of the inhabitants of the country than ...
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... tion ; and such favored landholders as came to it were obliged to consider themselves as not any longer proprietors of the estates , but to recognize themselves as farmers under government : and even those few that were permitted to ...
... tion ; and such favored landholders as came to it were obliged to consider themselves as not any longer proprietors of the estates , but to recognize themselves as farmers under government : and even those few that were permitted to ...
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... tion this 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 ...
... tion this 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 ...
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... tion again . My Lords , at this time very serious inquiries had begun in the House of Commons concerning pecula- tion . They did not go directly to Bengal , but they began upon the coast of Coromandel , and with the principal governors ...
... tion again . My Lords , at this time very serious inquiries had begun in the House of Commons concerning pecula- tion . They did not go directly to Bengal , but they began upon the coast of Coromandel , and with the principal governors ...
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... is a person employed to tell lies for the advantage of the court that sends him . His is patriotic bribery , and public - spirited corrup es . tion . He is a peculator for the good of 46 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... is a person employed to tell lies for the advantage of the court that sends him . His is patriotic bribery , and public - spirited corrup es . tion . He is a peculator for the good of 46 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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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