The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... the Company's elephants , and did accept thereof , not only without having recourse to the proper means for ascertaining whether the said proposal was the lowest that would be offered , but with another 4 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
... the Company's elephants , and did accept thereof , not only without having recourse to the proper means for ascertaining whether the said proposal was the lowest that would be offered , but with another 4 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
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... thereof should be made to Richard Johnson , brother and executor of the said contractor , without advertising for proposals , for the term of five years ; that this offer was voluntarily ac cepted by the said Richard Johnson , who at ...
... thereof should be made to Richard Johnson , brother and executor of the said contractor , without advertising for proposals , for the term of five years ; that this offer was voluntarily ac cepted by the said Richard Johnson , who at ...
Page 14
... thereof paid after the receipt of this letter . " That on the 27th of April , 1781 , the Governor - General and Council , in obedience to the orders of the Directors , did signify the same to the Commissary - General , as an instruction ...
... thereof paid after the receipt of this letter . " That on the 27th of April , 1781 , the Governor - General and Council , in obedience to the orders of the Directors , did signify the same to the Commissary - General , as an instruction ...
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Edmund Burke. be discontinued , and no part thereof paid after that day . That it appears , nevertheless , that the said extra allow- ances ( amounting to above twenty thousand pounds sterling a year ) were continued to be charged to the ...
Edmund Burke. be discontinued , and no part thereof paid after that day . That it appears , nevertheless , that the said extra allow- ances ( amounting to above twenty thousand pounds sterling a year ) were continued to be charged to the ...
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... thereof , and if no attempt to disprove it , and no de- fence whatever be made , a presumption justly and reasonably arises in favor of the truth of such charge . That the said Warren Hastings , instead of offering anything in his ...
... thereof , and if no attempt to disprove it , and no de- fence whatever be made , a presumption justly and reasonably arises in favor of the truth of such charge . That the said Warren Hastings , instead of offering anything in his ...
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