The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... ment was tried . From the moment it was voted by the * This is not a fanciful enumeration of possible cases . The reader will find in these volumes , examples of Mr. Burke's exertions , refer- able to each particular case . - EDIT ...
... ment was tried . From the moment it was voted by the * This is not a fanciful enumeration of possible cases . The reader will find in these volumes , examples of Mr. Burke's exertions , refer- able to each particular case . - EDIT ...
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... ment is the great object of the author . The author , Mr. Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes what the country is capable of ...
... ment is the great object of the author . The author , Mr. Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes what the country is capable of ...
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... ment , and abundant in the means of illegal profit - I do not state that defect as owing to Mr. Hastings . But I state it as a fact , to show in what manner and on what pretences he did , fraudulently , corruptly , and for the purposes ...
... ment , and abundant in the means of illegal profit - I do not state that defect as owing to Mr. Hastings . But I state it as a fact , to show in what manner and on what pretences he did , fraudulently , corruptly , and for the purposes ...
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... ment of murder ; and secondly , and what was most material , he had made an affidavit at Patna , whilst the affair was green and recent , that he had done so ; and in the same affi- davit had deposed , that Warren Hastings was ...
... ment of murder ; and secondly , and what was most material , he had made an affidavit at Patna , whilst the affair was green and recent , that he had done so ; and in the same affi- davit had deposed , that Warren Hastings was ...
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... ment of the Mogul . The issue by lawful wives would na- turally be preferred by those who meant the quiet of the country . But a more doubtful title was preferred , as better adapted to the purposes of extortion and peculation . This ...
... ment of the Mogul . The issue by lawful wives would na- turally be preferred by those who meant the quiet of the country . But a more doubtful title was preferred , as better adapted to the purposes of extortion and peculation . This ...
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