The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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Page 18
... Tell me that the banians of English gentlemen , dependants on them at Calcutta , were the farmers throughout , and I believe I need not tell your Lord- ships for whose benefit they were farmers . But there is one of these who comes so ...
... Tell me that the banians of English gentlemen , dependants on them at Calcutta , were the farmers throughout , and I believe I need not tell your Lord- ships for whose benefit they were farmers . But there is one of these who comes so ...
Page 51
... tell whom he got the money from , for what ends , and on what occasion , neither will tell in India nor can tell in England , but sends for such an account as he has thought proper to furnish . I am now to bring before you an account of ...
... tell whom he got the money from , for what ends , and on what occasion , neither will tell in India nor can tell in England , but sends for such an account as he has thought proper to furnish . I am now to bring before you an account of ...
Page 355
... telling them , on the 22d of May , 1782 , that not only the bonds were a fraud , but the deposit was a fraud , and ... tell them at that time , when he pretends to be opening his breast to the Directors , from whom he received it , or ...
... telling them , on the 22d of May , 1782 , that not only the bonds were a fraud , but the deposit was a fraud , and ... tell them at that time , when he pretends to be opening his breast to the Directors , from whom he received it , or ...
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accusation act of Parliament affairs agent appear appointed authority banian believe Bengal bonds bribery Calcutta called Cantoo Baboo character charge circumstances Clavering Committee Company Company's concealment conduct consequence consider corruption Council Court of Directors covenants crimes Debi Sing declared defence dewan Dinagepore discovery duty endeavored evidence evil explanation extortion favor forgery fraud give given Governor Governor-General guilt Gunga Govind Sing hands Hastings's honor House of Commons India ings inquiry knew lac of rupees Larkins letter Lords Mahomed Reza Khân manner means ment mind Munny Begum Nabob nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression paid Patna peculation person presumption pretended principle proceedings proof prosecution prove province Rajah receiving bribes regard revenue sent servants Sir John Clavering situation suffer sum of money taken tell thing thought tion transactions trust ul Dowlah Warren Hastings whole zemindary