The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 384
... Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes what the country is capable of yielding ; and his project is , to change entirely the ...
... Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes what the country is capable of yielding ; and his project is , to change entirely the ...
Page 404
... Holwell was in the tempo- rary possession of the Presidency . Mr. Vansittart was hourly expected to supersede him . Mr. Warren Hastings , a young gentleman about twenty - seven years 404 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... Holwell was in the tempo- rary possession of the Presidency . Mr. Vansittart was hourly expected to supersede him . Mr. Warren Hastings , a young gentleman about twenty - seven years 404 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
Page 405
... Holwell , whom the terrible example of the Black Hole at Calcutta had not cured of ambition , thought an hour was not to be lost in accomplishing a revolution and selling the reigning Nabob . My Lords , there was in the house of Mir ...
... Holwell , whom the terrible example of the Black Hole at Calcutta had not cured of ambition , thought an hour was not to be lost in accomplishing a revolution and selling the reigning Nabob . My Lords , there was in the house of Mir ...
Page 406
... Holwell would be considered only as a sec- ondary instrument . But whilst Mr. Holwell , who originally conceived this plot , urged forward the exe- cution of it , in order that the chief share of the prof- its might fall to him , the ...
... Holwell would be considered only as a sec- ondary instrument . But whilst Mr. Holwell , who originally conceived this plot , urged forward the exe- cution of it , in order that the chief share of the prof- its might fall to him , the ...
Page 410
... given by him , until he had consulted Mr. Holwell , who was Governor , and his superior . This conversation passed in the morning . On that very morning , and whilst the transaction was hot , 410 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... given by him , until he had consulted Mr. Holwell , who was Governor , and his superior . This conversation passed in the morning . On that very morning , and whilst the transaction was hot , 410 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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