The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... principle on which this and every other service of a similar nature ought to be conducted , and did not only subject the Company's interest , in point of expense , to fraud and collusion , but did thereby expose the navigation of the ...
... principle on which this and every other service of a similar nature ought to be conducted , and did not only subject the Company's interest , in point of expense , to fraud and collusion , but did thereby expose the navigation of the ...
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... principle laid down by himself for preferring an agency to a contract , the said Warren Hastings did propose and carry it , that the agency should be converted into a contract , to be granted to the said John Belli , without advertising ...
... principle laid down by himself for preferring an agency to a contract , the said Warren Hastings did propose and carry it , that the agency should be converted into a contract , to be granted to the said John Belli , without advertising ...
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... principles could he be justified in extending such engagements beyond the term of one year , much less on the principles he has avowed , namely , " that it was only an act of common justice in him to secure every man connected with him ...
... principles could he be justified in extending such engagements beyond the term of one year , much less on the principles he has avowed , namely , " that it was only an act of common justice in him to secure every man connected with him ...
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... of the said money , he has endeavored to establish principles of conduct in a Governor which tend to subvert all order and regularity in the con- duct of public business , to encourage and facilitate fraud 34 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
... of the said money , he has endeavored to establish principles of conduct in a Governor which tend to subvert all order and regularity in the con- duct of public business , to encourage and facilitate fraud 34 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
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... principle was or might be applied . That no evidence has been produced to prove that it was true , nor any ground of argument stated to show that it might be credible , that any na- ― tive of India had voluntarily and gratuitously given ...
... principle was or might be applied . That no evidence has been produced to prove that it was true , nor any ground of argument stated to show that it might be credible , that any na- ― tive of India had voluntarily and gratuitously given ...
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