The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 41
... letter from Cheltenham , that he would have concealed the Nabob's 100,000l . , but that the magnitude rendered it easy of discovery . He , therefore , avows an intention of concealment . But it happens here , very singularly , that this ...
... letter from Cheltenham , that he would have concealed the Nabob's 100,000l . , but that the magnitude rendered it easy of discovery . He , therefore , avows an intention of concealment . But it happens here , very singularly , that this ...
Page 50
... letter to the Honorable the Court of Directors of the 22d of May , 1782 , -namely , that I either chose to conceal the first receipts from public curiosity by receiving bonds for the amount , or possibly acted without any studied ...
... letter to the Honorable the Court of Directors of the 22d of May , 1782 , -namely , that I either chose to conceal the first receipts from public curiosity by receiving bonds for the amount , or possibly acted without any studied ...
Page 61
... letter tells us Mr. Hastings was much irri- tated at Gunga Govind Sing . You will hereafter see how Mr. Hastings behaves to persons against whom he is irritated for their frauds upon him in their joint concerns . In the mean time Gunga ...
... letter tells us Mr. Hastings was much irri- tated at Gunga Govind Sing . You will hereafter see how Mr. Hastings behaves to persons against whom he is irritated for their frauds upon him in their joint concerns . In the mean time Gunga ...
Page 94
... letter he had from his father , which letter was the preservation of his char- acter and destruction of his fortune . This letter he always resorted to in all trying exigencies of his life . He laid the letter before him , and there was ...
... letter he had from his father , which letter was the preservation of his char- acter and destruction of his fortune . This letter he always resorted to in all trying exigencies of his life . He laid the letter before him , and there was ...
Page 95
... letters he conveyed his sentiments to the Committee with these memorable words . " In my two reports I have set forth in a general manner the oppressions which provoked the ryots to rise . I shall , therefore , not enumerate them now ...
... letters he conveyed his sentiments to the Committee with these memorable words . " In my two reports I have set forth in a general manner the oppressions which provoked the ryots to rise . I shall , therefore , not enumerate them now ...
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