The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... parties apparently delinquent , before we finally resolved to prosecute . There was no precedent to be found , in the journals , favourable to persons in Mr. Hastings's circumstan- ces , that was not applied to . Many measures utterly ...
... parties apparently delinquent , before we finally resolved to prosecute . There was no precedent to be found , in the journals , favourable to persons in Mr. Hastings's circumstan- ces , that was not applied to . Many measures utterly ...
Page 70
... parties in those changes ; the vitiating and maiming the company's records ; the suppression of publick correspon- dence ; corrupt combinations and conspiracies ; perfidy in negotiation established into principle ; -acts of the most ...
... parties in those changes ; the vitiating and maiming the company's records ; the suppression of publick correspon- dence ; corrupt combinations and conspiracies ; perfidy in negotiation established into principle ; -acts of the most ...
Page 72
... parties for power I shall not determine on the merits ; thinking of nothing but the use , that was made of the power , to whomsoever it belonged . This se- cret committee then , without communicating with the rest of the council ...
... parties for power I shall not determine on the merits ; thinking of nothing but the use , that was made of the power , to whomsoever it belonged . This se- cret committee then , without communicating with the rest of the council ...
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... parties opposing him were the nabob of Bengal , and the company's troops under Major Calliaud . It was whilst they faced the common enemy as one body , this negotiation for the destruction of the nabob of Bengal by his faithful allies ...
... parties opposing him were the nabob of Bengal , and the company's troops under Major Calliaud . It was whilst they faced the common enemy as one body , this negotiation for the destruction of the nabob of Bengal by his faithful allies ...
Page 77
... parties ) by means of the information of Mr. Holwell , who soon after came home , was conveyed to the ears of the ... parties charg- ed ; for they directed the commission of inquiry to the very clan and set of people , who , from a ...
... parties ) by means of the information of Mr. Holwell , who soon after came home , was conveyed to the ears of the ... parties charg- ed ; for they directed the commission of inquiry to the very clan and set of people , who , from a ...
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