The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 179
... Gunga Govin Sing . The screen , the veil spread be- fore this transaction , is torn open by the very people them- selves , who are the tools in it . They confess they can do nothing ; they know they are instruments in the hands of Gunga ...
... Gunga Govin Sing . The screen , the veil spread be- fore this transaction , is torn open by the very people them- selves , who are the tools in it . They confess they can do nothing ; they know they are instruments in the hands of Gunga ...
Page 180
... Gunga Govin Sing . Forty English gentlemen were removed from their offices by that change . Mr. Hastings did it , however , very œconomically ; for all these gentlemen were instantly put upon pensions , and consequently burdened the ...
... Gunga Govin Sing . Forty English gentlemen were removed from their offices by that change . Mr. Hastings did it , however , very œconomically ; for all these gentlemen were instantly put upon pensions , and consequently burdened the ...
Page 181
... Gunga Govin Sing , have cost 62,000l . a year to the company ? There it is - it is not my representation - not the representation of observant strangers , of good and decent people , that under- stand the nature of that service , but ...
... Gunga Govin Sing , have cost 62,000l . a year to the company ? There it is - it is not my representation - not the representation of observant strangers , of good and decent people , that under- stand the nature of that service , but ...
Page 182
... Gunga Govin Sing here , we find him employed in the way , in which he was meant to be employ- ed ; that is to say , we find him employed in taking corrupt bribes and corrupt presents for Mr. Hastings . Though the committee were tools in ...
... Gunga Govin Sing here , we find him employed in the way , in which he was meant to be employ- ed ; that is to say , we find him employed in taking corrupt bribes and corrupt presents for Mr. Hastings . Though the committee were tools in ...
Page 183
... Gunga Govin Sing . The discovery is made by another agent of his , called Mr. Larkins , one of his white bribe ... Gunga Govin Sing ; and that he was exceedingly angry with Gunga Govin Sing for having kept back or defrauded him of the ...
... Gunga Govin Sing . The discovery is made by another agent of his , called Mr. Larkins , one of his white bribe ... Gunga Govin Sing ; and that he was exceedingly angry with Gunga Govin Sing for having kept back or defrauded him of the ...
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