The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 156
... witnesses . What was the accusation ? Was the accusation improba- ble , either on account of the subject - matter , or the actor in it ? Does such an appointment as that of Munny Begum in the most barefaced evasion of his orders appear ...
... witnesses . What was the accusation ? Was the accusation improba- ble , either on account of the subject - matter , or the actor in it ? Does such an appointment as that of Munny Begum in the most barefaced evasion of his orders appear ...
Page 159
... witnesses , who appeared there , was a person , who had been before , or has since been , concerned with Mr. Hastings in his most iniquitous transactions . You will find what is very odd , that in this trial for forgery , with which ...
... witnesses , who appeared there , was a person , who had been before , or has since been , concerned with Mr. Hastings in his most iniquitous transactions . You will find what is very odd , that in this trial for forgery , with which ...
Page 165
... witnesses , as there are other means of a further in- quiry , as the man is gone , of whose perjuries I might have reason to be afraid , let us now go into the inquiry . I think he did very ill not to go into the inquiry , when the man ...
... witnesses , as there are other means of a further in- quiry , as the man is gone , of whose perjuries I might have reason to be afraid , let us now go into the inquiry . I think he did very ill not to go into the inquiry , when the man ...
Page 207
... witness , most pro- bably the abettor and accomplice , of all these horrours . He called in first irregular , and then regular , troops , who by dreadful and universal military execution got the better of the impotent resistance of ...
... witness , most pro- bably the abettor and accomplice , of all these horrours . He called in first irregular , and then regular , troops , who by dreadful and universal military execution got the better of the impotent resistance of ...
Page 212
... witnesses , as not on oath , though they had never ordered or authorized them so to be taken . They went further ... witness against 212 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... witnesses , as not on oath , though they had never ordered or authorized them so to be taken . They went further ... witness against 212 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
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