The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 65
... pretended to possess any skill in the business of his contract ; that he exerted no industry , nor showed or could show any exactness , in the performance of it , since he immediately sold the contract for a sum of money to another ...
... pretended to possess any skill in the business of his contract ; that he exerted no industry , nor showed or could show any exactness , in the performance of it , since he immediately sold the contract for a sum of money to another ...
Page 66
... pretended use , an article of commerce for which he declared no purchasers had offered , and that there was little prospect of any offering , and the price of which , he said , it was but natural to suppose would fall . That the said ...
... pretended use , an article of commerce for which he declared no purchasers had offered , and that there was little prospect of any offering , and the price of which , he said , it was but natural to suppose would fall . That the said ...
Page 69
... pretended plan , to introduce it clandestinely into China . That the importation of opium into China is forbidden by the Chinese government ; that the opium , on seizure , is burnt , the vessel that imports it confiscated , and the ...
... pretended plan , to introduce it clandestinely into China . That the importation of opium into China is forbidden by the Chinese government ; that the opium , on seizure , is burnt , the vessel that imports it confiscated , and the ...
Page 77
... pretended against the Ranna , and have been alleged by the said Hastings in justification of his conduct , had been well founded and proved to be true , the subject - matter of those accusations and the proofs by which they were to be ...
... pretended against the Ranna , and have been alleged by the said Hastings in justification of his conduct , had been well founded and proved to be true , the subject - matter of those accusations and the proofs by which they were to be ...
Page 82
... pretended public auction , and invited all persons to make proposals for farming the same , thereby encour- aging strangers to bid against the proprietors , -in consequence of which , not only the said proprietors were ousted of the ...
... pretended public auction , and invited all persons to make proposals for farming the same , thereby encour- aging strangers to bid against the proprietors , -in consequence of which , not only the said proprietors were ousted of the ...
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