The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 17
... fact , this business of balances is that nidus in which have been nustled and bred and born all the corruptions of India , first by making extravagant demands , and afterwards by making corrupt relaxations of them . Besides this ...
... fact , this business of balances is that nidus in which have been nustled and bred and born all the corruptions of India , first by making extravagant demands , and afterwards by making corrupt relaxations of them . Besides this ...
Page 36
... fact , as Mr. Hastings gives out , that there was nothing now against him , and that , when he had got rid of Nundcomar and his charge , he got rid of the whole . No such thing . An im- mense load of charges of bribery remained . They ...
... fact , as Mr. Hastings gives out , that there was nothing now against him , and that , when he had got rid of Nundcomar and his charge , he got rid of the whole . No such thing . An im- mense load of charges of bribery remained . They ...
Page 38
... 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 gave them a liberal explanation , or any ...
... 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 gave them a liberal explanation , or any ...
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... fact is , you find the application al- ways upon the discovery . But concealment or dis- covery is a thing of accident . The bribes which I have hitherto brought before your Lordships belong to the first period of his brib- ery , before ...
... fact is , you find the application al- ways upon the discovery . But concealment or dis- covery is a thing of accident . The bribes which I have hitherto brought before your Lordships belong to the first period of his brib- ery , before ...
Page 44
... fact of taking the bribes or forbidden presents , and had not in those defences , and much more fully in his correspondence with the Directors , admitted the fact , and justified it upon these very principles . As this is a thing so ...
... fact of taking the bribes or forbidden presents , and had not in those defences , and much more fully in his correspondence with the Directors , admitted the fact , and justified it upon these very principles . As this is a thing so ...
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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