The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 31
... Hastings's government ; for Mr. Hastings established offices , nay , whole systems of offi- ces , and especially a system of offices in 1781 , which being altogether new , none of the rules of gradation applied to them ; and he filled ...
... Hastings's government ; for Mr. Hastings established offices , nay , whole systems of offi- ces , and especially a system of offices in 1781 , which being altogether new , none of the rules of gradation applied to them ; and he filled ...
Page 37
... Hastings's power . After he had got the better of the parliamentary commission , no complaint from any part of the service has appeared against Mr. Hastings . He is bold enough to state it as one pre- sumption of his merit , that there ...
... Hastings's power . After he had got the better of the parliamentary commission , no complaint from any part of the service has appeared against Mr. Hastings . He is bold enough to state it as one pre- sumption of his merit , that there ...
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... Hastings's policy to sub- vert this great political edifice . His first mode of subvert- ing it was by commanding ... Hastings has established principles of confidence and secrecy towards himself , which have cut off all confidence ...
... Hastings's policy to sub- vert this great political edifice . His first mode of subvert- ing it was by commanding ... Hastings has established principles of confidence and secrecy towards himself , which have cut off all confidence ...
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... Hastings's government ; during a good part of which time we do not often lose sight of him . If I find it agreeable to your lordships ; if I find , that you wish to know these annals of Indian suffering and British delin- quency ; if ...
... Hastings's government ; during a good part of which time we do not often lose sight of him . If I find it agreeable to your lordships ; if I find , that you wish to know these annals of Indian suffering and British delin- quency ; if ...
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... Hastings to know whether the nabob was not in- formed of these designs of Mr. Holwell against him . Mr. Hastings's memory was not quite correct upon the occasion . He does not recollect any thing of the matter . tainly seems not to ...
... Hastings to know whether the nabob was not in- formed of these designs of Mr. Holwell against him . Mr. Hastings's memory was not quite correct upon the occasion . He does not recollect any thing of the matter . tainly seems not to ...
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