The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 9Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... per cent on the prime cost of the stores would be a reasonable compensation to the agent ; that , never- theless , the said Warren Hastings , supported by the vote and concurrence of Richard Barwell , then a mem- AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS .
... per cent on the prime cost of the stores would be a reasonable compensation to the agent ; that , never- theless , the said Warren Hastings , supported by the vote and concurrence of Richard Barwell , then a mem- AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS .
Page 9
... never made good his own voluntary and solemn engagement to the Court of Directors hereinabove mentioned : and as his fail- ure to perform the said engagement is a breach of faith to the Company , so his performance of such engage- ment ...
... never made good his own voluntary and solemn engagement to the Court of Directors hereinabove mentioned : and as his fail- ure to perform the said engagement is a breach of faith to the Company , so his performance of such engage- ment ...
Page 18
... never had a Resident , nor business of any kind to transact , and gave the said nominal office to a person who was not a covenanted servant of the Company , with an allowance of 4,2801 . a year . That these instances are proofs of a ...
... never had a Resident , nor business of any kind to transact , and gave the said nominal office to a person who was not a covenanted servant of the Company , with an allowance of 4,2801 . a year . That these instances are proofs of a ...
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... never since given to the Court of Directors any explanation whatever , much less the full and liberal explanation he had promised so repeatedly , has there- by abandoned even that late and protracted defence which he himself must have ...
... never since given to the Court of Directors any explanation whatever , much less the full and liberal explanation he had promised so repeatedly , has there- by abandoned even that late and protracted defence which he himself must have ...
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... to the declaration he had before made to the Directors , viz . , " that he would most fully and lib- erally explain every circumstance of his conduct , " but has never since that time given the Directors any AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 29.
... to the declaration he had before made to the Directors , viz . , " that he would most fully and lib- erally explain every circumstance of his conduct , " but has never since that time given the Directors any AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 29.
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