The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... Court of Directors of the East India Company had laid down the following fundamen- tal rules for the conduct of such of the Company's business in Bengal as could be performed by contract , and had repeatedly and strictly ordered the ...
... Court of Directors of the East India Company had laid down the following fundamen- tal rules for the conduct of such of the Company's business in Bengal as could be performed by contract , and had repeatedly and strictly ordered the ...
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... Court of Directors of the East In- dia Company , having carefully considered the circum- stances and tendency of this transaction , condemned it in the strongest terms , declaring , that they would not permit the contract to be ...
... Court of Directors of the East In- dia Company , having carefully considered the circum- stances and tendency of this transaction , condemned it in the strongest terms , declaring , that they would not permit the contract to be ...
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... Court of Directors declared , " that this waste of their property could not be permitted ; that he , the said Warren Hastings , had disregarded their authority , and disobeyed their orders , in not tak- ing the lowest offers " ; and ...
... Court of Directors declared , " that this waste of their property could not be permitted ; that he , the said Warren Hastings , had disregarded their authority , and disobeyed their orders , in not tak- ing the lowest offers " ; and ...
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... Court of Directors have ever taken any measures to compel the said Warren Hastings to indemnify the Company , or to make good any part of the loss in- curred by the said contracts . That in the year 1777 the said Warren Hastings did ...
... Court of Directors have ever taken any measures to compel the said Warren Hastings to indemnify the Company , or to make good any part of the loss in- curred by the said contracts . That in the year 1777 the said Warren Hastings did ...
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... Court of Directors , the profits arising from the agency should be paid into the Company's treasury , and appropriated as the Court should direct . That the Court of Directors , as soon as they were advised of the first appointment of ...
... Court of Directors , the profits arising from the agency should be paid into the Company's treasury , and appropriated as the Court should direct . That the Court of Directors , as soon as they were advised of the first appointment of ...
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