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They are fatigued into such a despair of ever obtaining a competent knowledge
of the transactions in India , that they are easily persuaded to remand them back
to that obscurity , mystery , and intrigue out of which they have been forced upon
...
They are fatigued into such a despair of ever obtaining a competent knowledge
of the transactions in India , that they are easily persuaded to remand them back
to that obscurity , mystery , and intrigue out of which they have been forced upon
...
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No overt acts were fixed , upon which corruption should be presumed in
transactions of which secrecy and collusion formed the very basis ; no rules of
evidence nor authentic mode of transmission were settled in conformity to the
unalterable ...
No overt acts were fixed , upon which corruption should be presumed in
transactions of which secrecy and collusion formed the very basis ; no rules of
evidence nor authentic mode of transmission were settled in conformity to the
unalterable ...
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To this request the board at Madras declare they have no objection : and here the
matter rests ; the Court of Directors not having given any tokens of approbation or
disapprobation of the transaction . Such is the history of Mr. Sulivan's service ...
To this request the board at Madras declare they have no objection : and here the
matter rests ; the Court of Directors not having given any tokens of approbation or
disapprobation of the transaction . Such is the history of Mr. Sulivan's service ...
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mittee , that , so far from any surplus profit from this transaction , the Bengal
adventurers themselves , instead of realizing 28. 2d . the rupee , ( the standard
they fix for their payment , ) will not receive the 18 . 9d . which is its utmost value
in silver ...
mittee , that , so far from any surplus profit from this transaction , the Bengal
adventurers themselves , instead of realizing 28. 2d . the rupee , ( the standard
they fix for their payment , ) will not receive the 18 . 9d . which is its utmost value
in silver ...
Page 109
Your Committee conceive that under the orders of the House they are by no
means obliged to make a complete state of all the evidence which may tend to
criminate or exculpate every person whose transactions they may find it
expedient to ...
Your Committee conceive that under the orders of the House they are by no
means obliged to make a complete state of all the evidence which may tend to
criminate or exculpate every person whose transactions they may find it
expedient to ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown,, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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