The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 7
... appear that any of the preceding contracts have been annulled , or the charges attending any of them abated , or that the Court of Directors have ever taken any measures to compel the said Warren Hastings to indemnify the Company , or ...
... appear that any of the preceding contracts have been annulled , or the charges attending any of them abated , or that the Court of Directors have ever taken any measures to compel the said Warren Hastings to indemnify the Company , or ...
Page 10
... appear that he did ever deliver such re- ply , or ever enter into a justification of any part of his conduct in this transaction . That the act of Parliament of 1773 , by which the first Governor - Gen- eral and Council were appointed ...
... appear that he did ever deliver such re- ply , or ever enter into a justification of any part of his conduct in this transaction . That the act of Parliament of 1773 , by which the first Governor - Gen- eral and Council were appointed ...
Page 11
... appears that excessive salaries and emolu- ments , at the East India Company's charge and ex- pense , have been lavished by the said Warren Hast- ings to sundry individuals , contrary to the general principles of his duty , and in ...
... appears that excessive salaries and emolu- ments , at the East India Company's charge and ex- pense , have been lavished by the said Warren Hast- ings to sundry individuals , contrary to the general principles of his duty , and in ...
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... appear to us in a light so very extraordinary , and so repugnant to the spirit of a resolution of the General Court of Pro- prietors respecting the allowance made to General Clavering , that we positively direct that they be dis ...
... appear to us in a light so very extraordinary , and so repugnant to the spirit of a resolution of the General Court of Pro- prietors respecting the allowance made to General Clavering , that we positively direct that they be dis ...
Page 15
... appears , nevertheless , that the said extra allow- ances ( amounting to above twenty thousand pounds sterling a year ) were continued to be charged to the Vizier , and paid to Sir Eyre Coote , in defiance of the orders of the Court of ...
... appears , nevertheless , that the said extra allow- ances ( amounting to above twenty thousand pounds sterling a year ) were continued to be charged to the Vizier , and paid to Sir Eyre Coote , in defiance of the orders of the Court of ...
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