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Edmund Burke. TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQUIRE . THIRD DAY , 15th FEBRUARY , 1788 . ( MR . BURKE . ) MY LORDS , ―The gentlemen who have it in command to support the impeachment against Mr. Hastings , have direct- ed me to open the ...
Edmund Burke. TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQUIRE . THIRD DAY , 15th FEBRUARY , 1788 . ( MR . BURKE . ) MY LORDS , ―The gentlemen who have it in command to support the impeachment against Mr. Hastings , have direct- ed me to open the ...
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... Hastings , to discover how that order came to be so com- pletely broken down and erased , that scarce a trace of it , for any good purpose , remains . Though I will not deny , that that order , or that any ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 31.
... Hastings , to discover how that order came to be so com- pletely broken down and erased , that scarce a trace of it , for any good purpose , remains . Though I will not deny , that that order , or that any ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 31.
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... 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 ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 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 ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 37.
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... Hastings . These banyans or dewans were originally among the low- er casts in the country . But now it is true , that , after see- ing the power and profits of these men ; that there is neither power , profession ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ .
... Hastings . These banyans or dewans were originally among the low- er casts in the country . But now it is true , that , after see- ing the power and profits of these men ; that there is neither power , profession ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ .
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... Hastings . My lords , I have gone through all the eras precedent to those of the British power in India , and am come to the first of those eras . Mr. Hastings existed in India , and was a servant of the ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 63.
... Hastings . My lords , I have gone through all the eras precedent to those of the British power in India , and am come to the first of those eras . Mr. Hastings existed in India , and was a servant of the ... WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 63.
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