The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 9Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 8
... concerning the heavy losses and inconveniences to which he was subjected by the indefinite terms of his agency , " not- withstanding it appeared by evidence produced at the board , that , on a supply of about 37,000l . , he had al ...
... concerning the heavy losses and inconveniences to which he was subjected by the indefinite terms of his agency , " not- withstanding it appeared by evidence produced at the board , that , on a supply of about 37,000l . , he had al ...
Page 30
... ( concerning the legality of the power assumed and repeatedly exer- cised by the said Warren Hastings , of dissolving the Council at his pleasure ) to the late Charles Sayer , then standing counsel of the East India Company , the said ...
... ( concerning the legality of the power assumed and repeatedly exer- cised by the said Warren Hastings , of dissolving the Council at his pleasure ) to the late Charles Sayer , then standing counsel of the East India Company , the said ...
Page 42
... concerning it , has been guilty of gross evasions , and of palpable prevarication and de- ceit , as well as of contumacy and disobedience to the lawful orders of the Court of Directors , and thereby confirmed all the former evidence of ...
... concerning it , has been guilty of gross evasions , and of palpable prevarication and de- ceit , as well as of contumacy and disobedience to the lawful orders of the Court of Directors , and thereby confirmed all the former evidence of ...
Page 57
... concerning the powers and instructions which were given to Mes- sieurs Macleane and Graham , when they undertook to be my agents in England , I will circumstantially relate . I am in possession of two papers which were presented to ...
... concerning the powers and instructions which were given to Mes- sieurs Macleane and Graham , when they undertook to be my agents in England , I will circumstantially relate . I am in possession of two papers which were presented to ...
Page 93
... concerning the fatal consequences of annual leases of the lands ; that in so doing the said Warren Hastings did not hold himself bound or restrained by the orders of the Court of Directors , but acted upon his own discre- tion ; and ...
... concerning the fatal consequences of annual leases of the lands ; that in so doing the said Warren Hastings did not hold himself bound or restrained by the orders of the Court of Directors , but acted upon his own discre- tion ; and ...
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