The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 9Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... interests , he prop- erly was party , and preferring the advantage of the contractor to those of his own constituents and em- ployers . That the Court of Directors of the East In- dia Company , having carefully considered the circum ...
... interests , he prop- erly was party , and preferring the advantage of the contractor to those of his own constituents and em- ployers . That the Court of Directors of the East In- dia Company , having carefully considered the circum ...
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... interest of an individual to that of the Company . " - That the said Warren Hastings did , in the year 1777 , conclude with Forde a contract for an armed vessel for the pilotage of the Chittagong river , and for the defence of the coast ...
... interest of an individual to that of the Company . " - That the said Warren Hastings did , in the year 1777 , conclude with Forde a contract for an armed vessel for the pilotage of the Chittagong river , and for the defence of the coast ...
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... interest of the contractor to avoid such danger , and not to hazard the loss of his ship or men , which must be replaced at his own expense , and therefore that an active and faithful discharge of the contractor's duty was incompatible ...
... interest of the contractor to avoid such danger , and not to hazard the loss of his ship or men , which must be replaced at his own expense , and therefore that an active and faithful discharge of the contractor's duty was incompatible ...
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... interest of the contractor , in the first instance , to equip the said vessels as scant- ily as possible , and afterwards to expose them as lit- tle as possible to any service in which the stores to be replaced by him might be lost or ...
... interest of the contractor , in the first instance , to equip the said vessels as scant- ily as possible , and afterwards to expose them as lit- tle as possible to any service in which the stores to be replaced by him might be lost or ...
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... interest , influence , and intrigues he hoped to be protected against any future inquiry into his conduct . That it was of itself high- ly criminal in the said Warren Hastings to have so wasted the property of the East India Company ...
... interest , influence , and intrigues he hoped to be protected against any future inquiry into his conduct . That it was of itself high- ly criminal in the said Warren Hastings to have so wasted the property of the East India Company ...
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