The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 63
... thority on the usages and local customs of the country , he has referred to officers in the army , colonels of artillery and engineers , to young gentlemen gentlemen just come from school , not above three or OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 65.
... thority on the usages and local customs of the country , he has referred to officers in the army , colonels of artillery and engineers , to young gentlemen gentlemen just come from school , not above three or OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 65.
Page 154
... Colonel Camac , or somebody else , to Benares , with a body of troops to enforce the payment . Why then did he go to try experiments there in his own person ? For this plain reason ; -that he might be enabled to put such sums in his own ...
... Colonel Camac , or somebody else , to Benares , with a body of troops to enforce the payment . Why then did he go to try experiments there in his own person ? For this plain reason ; -that he might be enabled to put such sums in his own ...
Page 155
... Colonel Popham , or Mr. Fowke , or any other Resident , was not much more likely to exact a great sum of money than Mr. Hastings without an army ? My Lords , the answer must be in the affirmative ; it is there- fore evident , that no ...
... Colonel Popham , or Mr. Fowke , or any other Resident , was not much more likely to exact a great sum of money than Mr. Hastings without an army ? My Lords , the answer must be in the affirmative ; it is there- fore evident , that no ...
Page 167
... Colonel Baillie's detachment ; to have 66 66 " " 66 agreed that they ought to seize this oppor- tunity of consulting their own interest , and to " have determined to watch the success of Hyder's arms . Some days after this conver ...
... Colonel Baillie's detachment ; to have 66 66 " " 66 agreed that they ought to seize this oppor- tunity of consulting their own interest , and to " have determined to watch the success of Hyder's arms . Some days after this conver ...
Page 168
... somebody told Colonel Balfour he had heard , was said by somebody to have taken place , if true , related to matters of great importance ; importance ; still the mode of its communication was left 168 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... somebody told Colonel Balfour he had heard , was said by somebody to have taken place , if true , related to matters of great importance ; importance ; still the mode of its communication was left 168 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
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