The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 10
... appointed , did expressly limit the duration of their office to the term of five years , which expired in October , 1779 , and that the several contracts hereinbefore mentioned were granted in September , 1779 , and were made to ...
... appointed , did expressly limit the duration of their office to the term of five years , which expired in October , 1779 , and that the several contracts hereinbefore mentioned were granted in September , 1779 , and were made to ...
Page 12
... appointed for him by the Company , and ex- pressly fixed to that amount . That the disobedience and breach of trust of which the said Warren Hastings was guilty in this transac- tion is highly aggravated by the following circum- stances ...
... appointed for him by the Company , and ex- pressly fixed to that amount . That the disobedience and breach of trust of which the said Warren Hastings was guilty in this transac- tion is highly aggravated by the following circum- stances ...
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... appointed the said Warren Hastings , Esquire , Governor - General of Fort William in Bengal , a sal- ary of twenty - five thousand pounds a year was es- tablished for him , to which the Court of Directors added , " that he should enjoy ...
... appointed the said Warren Hastings , Esquire , Governor - General of Fort William in Bengal , a sal- ary of twenty - five thousand pounds a year was es- tablished for him , to which the Court of Directors added , " that he should enjoy ...
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... appointed the said Munny Begum , a woman evidently unqualified for and in- capable of such offices , and restrained from acting in such capacities by her necessary seclusion from the world and retirement in a seraglio . That , a consid ...
... appointed the said Munny Begum , a woman evidently unqualified for and in- capable of such offices , and restrained from acting in such capacities by her necessary seclusion from the world and retirement in a seraglio . That , a consid ...
Page 71
... appointed back again by the said Warren Hastings to the office of Resident at the Durbar of the said Nabob of Arcot . That it was a high crime and misdemeanor in the said Hastings to encourage so dangerous an example in the Company's ...
... appointed back again by the said Warren Hastings to the office of Resident at the Durbar of the said Nabob of Arcot . That it was a high crime and misdemeanor in the said Hastings to encourage so dangerous an example in the Company's ...
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