The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 9Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 28
... answers as he might make to the ques- tions proposed by the board ; that the said Warren Hastings objected to his being put to his oath ; that the question was nevertheless put to him , in conse- quence of a resolution of the board ...
... answers as he might make to the ques- tions proposed by the board ; that the said Warren Hastings objected to his being put to his oath ; that the question was nevertheless put to him , in conse- quence of a resolution of the board ...
Page 29
... answer them . That , if he could have safely sworn to the innocence of the said Warren Hastings , from whom he received his employment , he was bound in gratitude as well as justice to the said Warren Hastings to have con- sented to be ...
... answer them . That , if he could have safely sworn to the innocence of the said Warren Hastings , from whom he received his employment , he was bound in gratitude as well as justice to the said Warren Hastings to have con- sented to be ...
Page 39
... answer to their letter above mentioned , but in fact giving no explanation or satisfaction whatsoever on the points ... answers to plain questions , could possibly have made use of . That in his letter of the 11th of July , 1785 , he ...
... answer to their letter above mentioned , but in fact giving no explanation or satisfaction whatsoever on the points ... answers to plain questions , could possibly have made use of . That in his letter of the 11th of July , 1785 , he ...
Page 40
... answer to specific questions to be intended only as a reprehension for a former of fence , viz . , the offence of withholding from the Di- rectors that very explanation which he ought to have given in the first instance . That the said ...
... answer to specific questions to be intended only as a reprehension for a former of fence , viz . , the offence of withholding from the Di- rectors that very explanation which he ought to have given in the first instance . That the said ...
Page 41
... answer the questions put to him by the Directors , while he was in Bengal , — in not bringing with him to England the documents necessary to enable him to answer those questions , or in pretending that he has not brought them , -in ...
... answer the questions put to him by the Directors , while he was in Bengal , — in not bringing with him to England the documents necessary to enable him to answer those questions , or in pretending that he has not brought them , -in ...
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