The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 9Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS , ESQUIRE . LATE GOVERNOR - GENERAL OF BENGAL : PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS VOL . IX . IN APRIL AND MAY , 1786 . ARTICLES VII . - XXII . ARTICLES OF CHARGE AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . ,
... AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS , ESQUIRE . LATE GOVERNOR - GENERAL OF BENGAL : PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS VOL . IX . IN APRIL AND MAY , 1786 . ARTICLES VII . - XXII . ARTICLES OF CHARGE AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . ,
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... Commons , it appears by the con- fession of the said Warren Hastings , that he has at different times since the promulgation of the act of 1773 , received various other sums , contrary to the express prohibition of the said act , and ...
... Commons , it appears by the con- fession of the said Warren Hastings , that he has at different times since the promulgation of the act of 1773 , received various other sums , contrary to the express prohibition of the said act , and ...
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... Commons , and when a dread of the consequence of those inquiries might act upon his mind . That such confessions , from the obscure , intricate , and contradictory manner in which they are made , imply guilt in the said Warren Hastings ...
... Commons , and when a dread of the consequence of those inquiries might act upon his mind . That such confessions , from the obscure , intricate , and contradictory manner in which they are made , imply guilt in the said Warren Hastings ...
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... seat of a mem- ber of the House of Commons could be vacated , and a new writ issued to supply the vacancy , by his claim * 13 Geo . III . c . 63 , § 10 . to the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds , AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 51.
... seat of a mem- ber of the House of Commons could be vacated , and a new writ issued to supply the vacancy , by his claim * 13 Geo . III . c . 63 , § 10 . to the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds , AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 51.
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... Commons , and wholly incompatible with the state of their finances , or , to preserve peace , they must risk the imputation of a new violation of faith , by departing from an agreement made on the volun- tary proposal of their own ...
... Commons , and wholly incompatible with the state of their finances , or , to preserve peace , they must risk the imputation of a new violation of faith , by departing from an agreement made on the volun- tary proposal of their own ...
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