The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... transaction , condemned it in the strongest terms , declaring , that they would not permit the contract to be continued , and that , " if the contractor should think himself aggrieved , and take measures in consequence by which the ...
... transaction , condemned it in the strongest terms , declaring , that they would not permit the contract to be continued , and that , " if the contractor should think himself aggrieved , and take measures in consequence by which the ...
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... transaction . That the act of Parliament of 1773 , by which the first Governor - Gen- eral and Council were appointed , did expressly limit the duration of their office to the term of five years , which expired in October , 1779 , and ...
... transaction . That the act of Parliament of 1773 , by which the first Governor - Gen- eral and Council were appointed , did expressly limit the duration of their office to the term of five years , which expired in October , 1779 , and ...
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... transactions , leaves no room to doubt , that , in disobeying the Company's orders , and betraying the trust reposed in him as guardian of the Company's property , his object was to purchase the attachment of a number of individuals ...
... transactions , leaves no room to doubt , that , in disobeying the Company's orders , and betraying the trust reposed in him as guardian of the Company's property , his object was to purchase the attachment of a number of individuals ...
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... transaction the said Warren Hastings trifled with the authority of the Company , eluded the repeated orders of the Directors , and ex- posed the Company to the risk and uncertainty of re- covering , at a distant period , and perhaps by ...
... transaction the said Warren Hastings trifled with the authority of the Company , eluded the repeated orders of the Directors , and ex- posed the Company to the risk and uncertainty of re- covering , at a distant period , and perhaps by ...
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... transactions to the Court of Directors until he had heard of the inquiries then . begun and proceeding in Parliament , in finally mak- ing a discovery , such as it is , in terms the most in- tricate , obscure , and contradictory . That ...
... transactions to the Court of Directors until he had heard of the inquiries then . begun and proceeding in Parliament , in finally mak- ing a discovery , such as it is , in terms the most in- tricate , obscure , and contradictory . That ...
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