The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... peculation , all the ty- ranny , in India , are embodied , disciplined , arrayed , and paid . This is the person , my lords , that we bring before you . We have brought before you such a person , that , if you strike at him with the ...
... peculation , all the ty- ranny , in India , are embodied , disciplined , arrayed , and paid . This is the person , my lords , that we bring before you . We have brought before you such a person , that , if you strike at him with the ...
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... peculations , and the most scandalous and iniquitous extortions . In the description I have given of banyans a distinction is to be made . Your lordships must distinguish the banyans of the British servants in subordinate situations ...
... peculations , and the most scandalous and iniquitous extortions . In the description I have given of banyans a distinction is to be made . Your lordships must distinguish the banyans of the British servants in subordinate situations ...
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... peculation ; —he has enthroned him , I say , on the first seat of ecclesiastical jurisdiction , which was to de- cide upon the casts of all those people , including their rank , their family , their honour , and their happiness here ...
... peculation ; —he has enthroned him , I say , on the first seat of ecclesiastical jurisdiction , which was to de- cide upon the casts of all those people , including their rank , their family , their honour , and their happiness here ...
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... peculation , which ever since has afflicted and op- pressed Bengal . If ever there was a time , when Bengal should have had respite from internal revolutions , it was this . The gover- nour , forced upon the natives , was now upon the ...
... peculation , which ever since has afflicted and op- pressed Bengal . If ever there was a time , when Bengal should have had respite from internal revolutions , it was this . The gover- nour , forced upon the natives , was now upon the ...
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... peculation . This miserable succession was sold , and the eldest of the issue of Munny Begum , an harlot , brought in to pollute the haram of the seraglio , of whom you will hear much hereafter , was chosen . He soon succeeded to the ...
... peculation . This miserable succession was sold , and the eldest of the issue of Munny Begum , an harlot , brought in to pollute the haram of the seraglio , of whom you will hear much hereafter , was chosen . He soon succeeded to the ...
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abuse accusation act of parliament affairs appear appointed arbitrary power authority banyan Bengal bonds bribery bribes Calcutta called cause Cawn character charge circumstances committee company's concealment conduct consequence corruption council court of directors crimes criminal Debi Sing declared defence Dinagepore duty evidence extortion favour fraud give given governour governour-general guilt Gunga Govin Sing hands Hastings's high steward Holwell honour House of Commons impeachment India inferiour inquiry judges judgment justice lacks Larkins letter Lord Clive lord high steward lords lordships Mahomed Reza Khân manner means ment Munny Begum nabob nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression parties peculation peers person presumption pretended prince principles prisoner proceeding proof prosecution prove province publick rajah reason received revenue rules rupees servants Sir John Clavering situation taken thing tion transactions trial trust Warren Hastings whole witnesses