The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... Sir John Clavering , could Colonel Monson , could Mr. Francis know , that this man , of whom Mr. Hastings had given that exalted character upon the records of the company , was the basest and vilest of mankind ? No , they ought to have ...
... Sir John Clavering , could Colonel Monson , could Mr. Francis know , that this man , of whom Mr. Hastings had given that exalted character upon the records of the company , was the basest and vilest of mankind ? No , they ought to have ...
Page 323
... Sir John Clavering . " In the late proceedings of the revenue board it will ap- pear , that there is no species of peculation , from which the honourable governour - general has thought it reasonable to abstain . " He further says , in ...
... Sir John Clavering . " In the late proceedings of the revenue board it will ap- pear , that there is no species of peculation , from which the honourable governour - general has thought it reasonable to abstain . " He further says , in ...
Page 324
... Sir John Clavering ( for I say nothing now of Colonel Monson and Mr. Francis , who were joined with him ) was a man weak and contemptible ? I believe there are those among your lordships , who remem- ber , that Sir John Clavering was ...
... Sir John Clavering ( for I say nothing now of Colonel Monson and Mr. Francis , who were joined with him ) was a man weak and contemptible ? I believe there are those among your lordships , who remem- ber , that Sir John Clavering was ...
Page 326
... Clavering , fatigued and broken down by the miseries of his situation , soon afterwards lost a very able and ... Sir John Clavering died . The character , that was given Sir John Clavering at that time , is a seal to the whole of his ...
... Clavering , fatigued and broken down by the miseries of his situation , soon afterwards lost a very able and ... Sir John Clavering died . The character , that was given Sir John Clavering at that time , is a seal to the whole of his ...
Page 327
... Sir John Clavering , Colonel Monson , and Mr. Francis , were all of them the evil - minded persons , that he describes them to be ; and that from dislike to them , from a kind of manly resentment , if you please , against such persons ...
... Sir John Clavering , Colonel Monson , and Mr. Francis , were all of them the evil - minded persons , that he describes them to be ; and that from dislike to them , from a kind of manly resentment , if you please , against such persons ...
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