The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 9Little, Brown,, 1866 - Great Britain |
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Page 5
... respecting the mode and duration of contracts , and with a considerable increase of ex- pense to the Company . That the farming out the de- fence of a country to a contractor , being wholly un- precedented , and evidently absurd , could ...
... respecting the mode and duration of contracts , and with a considerable increase of ex- pense to the Company . That the farming out the de- fence of a country to a contractor , being wholly un- precedented , and evidently absurd , could ...
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... judgment of the succeeding government respecting the subject - matter of such contracts was taken away , and any correction or improvement there- ―― 99 in rendered impracticable . That the said Warren Hastings 10 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
... judgment of the succeeding government respecting the subject - matter of such contracts was taken away , and any correction or improvement there- ―― 99 in rendered impracticable . That the said Warren Hastings 10 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
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... respecting the allowance made to General Clavering , that we positively direct that they be dis- continued immediately , and no part thereof paid after the receipt of this letter . " That on the 27th of April , 1781 , the Governor ...
... respecting the allowance made to General Clavering , that we positively direct that they be dis- continued immediately , and no part thereof paid after the receipt of this letter . " That on the 27th of April , 1781 , the Governor ...
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... respect to the sums charged in his accounts for the cost of the articles supplied , I did not think my- self authorized to require any voucher of the sums charged for the demurrage of sloops , either as to the time of detention or the ...
... respect to the sums charged in his accounts for the cost of the articles supplied , I did not think my- self authorized to require any voucher of the sums charged for the demurrage of sloops , either as to the time of detention or the ...
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... information required as above was yet expected from him : that the submission which his respect would have enjoined him to pay to the command imposed on him was lost to his recollection , AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 39.
... information required as above was yet expected from him : that the submission which his respect would have enjoined him to pay to the command imposed on him was lost to his recollection , AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 39.
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