The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... Court of Directors to frame a body of instructions , and to give orders to their new servants appointed under the act of Parlia- ment , lest it should be supposed that they , by their appointment under the act , could supersede the au ...
... Court of Directors to frame a body of instructions , and to give orders to their new servants appointed under the act of Parlia- ment , lest it should be supposed that they , by their appointment under the act , could supersede the au ...
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... Directors to do . If the bribery is not admitted on the evidence of Nundcomar , yet his sup- pressing it is a crime , a violation of the orders of the Court of Directors . He disobeyed those instructions ; and if it be only for ...
... Directors to do . If the bribery is not admitted on the evidence of Nundcomar , yet his sup- pressing it is a crime , a violation of the orders of the Court of Directors . He disobeyed those instructions ; and if it be only for ...
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... Court of Directors authorized them to assure those offices to him , with a salary reduced indeed to 30,000l . a year , during his good behavior . But Mr. Hastings , as soon as he obtained a majority by the death of the two best men ever ...
... Court of Directors authorized them to assure those offices to him , with a salary reduced indeed to 30,000l . a year , during his good behavior . But Mr. Hastings , as soon as he obtained a majority by the death of the two best men ever ...
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... Court of Directors . He grants to his arrangement of convenience what he had refused to his duty , and replaces that magistrate . But mark the double character of the man , never true to any thing but fraud and duplicity . At the same ...
... Court of Directors . He grants to his arrangement of convenience what he had refused to his duty , and replaces that magistrate . But mark the double character of the man , never true to any thing but fraud and duplicity . At the same ...
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... Court of Directors ( to whom he never denied the facts ) a full and liberal explanation of these transactions ; which full and lib- eral explanation he never gave . Many years passed ; even Parliament took notice of it ; and he never ...
... Court of Directors ( to whom he never denied the facts ) a full and liberal explanation of these transactions ; which full and lib- eral explanation he never gave . Many years passed ; even Parliament took notice of it ; and he never ...
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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