The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... Hastings's cri- minality , after an investigation begun in the year 1780 , and which produced , in 1782 , a body of resolutions condemnatory of almost the whole of his conduct . Those resolutions were formed by the Lord Advocate of ...
... Hastings's cri- minality , after an investigation begun in the year 1780 , and which produced , in 1782 , a body of resolutions condemnatory of almost the whole of his conduct . Those resolutions were formed by the Lord Advocate of ...
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... Hastings's De- fence , which he has acknowledged to have been written by other people . From the Tartarian , I shall ... Hastings caused to be pub- lished , and I am obliged to him for it , a book , called the Hedaia ; it is true that he ...
... Hastings's De- fence , which he has acknowledged to have been written by other people . From the Tartarian , I shall ... Hastings caused to be pub- lished , and I am obliged to him for it , a book , called the Hedaia ; it is true that he ...
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... Hastings has told you what a sovereign is , and what sovereignty is all over India , and I wish your Lordships to pay particular attention to this part of his defence , and to compare Mr. Hastings's idea of sovereignty with the de ...
... Hastings has told you what a sovereign is , and what sovereignty is all over India , and I wish your Lordships to pay particular attention to this part of his defence , and to compare Mr. Hastings's idea of sovereignty with the de ...
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... Hastings has answered , that he had paid him long ago . How they have settled that corrupt transaction I know not ... Hastings's com- panion and associate in guilt , who must have known the country , and who , however faulty he was in ...
... Hastings has answered , that he had paid him long ago . How they have settled that corrupt transaction I know not ... Hastings's com- panion and associate in guilt , who must have known the country , and who , however faulty he was in ...
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... Hastings takes for his rule and guidance . He endeavours to find deviations from legal govern- ment , and then instructs ... Hastings's conduct might have convinced me of the existence of arbitrary power , and have taught me much of its ...
... Hastings takes for his rule and guidance . He endeavours to find deviations from legal govern- ment , and then instructs ... Hastings's conduct might have convinced me of the existence of arbitrary power , and have taught me much of its ...
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