The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... managers might fail in the technical proof of his guilt , required only to be known ; and Mr. Burke was firmly persuaded , that by the investigation of the affairs of that government , resulting from the trial , and by the publick ...
... managers might fail in the technical proof of his guilt , required only to be known ; and Mr. Burke was firmly persuaded , that by the investigation of the affairs of that government , resulting from the trial , and by the publick ...
Page 39
... managers of great revenues . But there is another descrip- tion of men , of more importance than them all , a description you have often heard of , but which has not been sufficiently explained ; I mean , the banyan . When the company's ...
... managers of great revenues . But there is another descrip- tion of men , of more importance than them all , a description you have often heard of , but which has not been sufficiently explained ; I mean , the banyan . When the company's ...
Page 138
... managers , that one of them shall , as soon as possible , begin with the affair of Benares . The point I now mean first to bring before your lordships is the corruption of Mr. Hastings , his system of peculation and bribery ; and to ...
... managers , that one of them shall , as soon as possible , begin with the affair of Benares . The point I now mean first to bring before your lordships is the corruption of Mr. Hastings , his system of peculation and bribery ; and to ...
Page 155
... managers in those transac- tions . He was , therefore , perfectly competent to it.-Mr. Hastings has cleared his character ; for , though it is true in the contradictions , in which Mr. Hastings has entangled him- self , he has abused ...
... managers in those transac- tions . He was , therefore , perfectly competent to it.-Mr. Hastings has cleared his character ; for , though it is true in the contradictions , in which Mr. Hastings has entangled him- self , he has abused ...
Page 275
... manager of his family ; of chief magistrate , and of representative of the fallen dig- nity of the native government to the foreign nations , which traded to Bengal . To these orders was added an instruction of a very re- markable ...
... manager of his family ; of chief magistrate , and of representative of the fallen dig- nity of the native government to the foreign nations , which traded to Bengal . To these orders was added an instruction of a very re- markable ...
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