The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 16
... whole power of the gov- ernment of Fort William devolved to the Governor and one member of the Council ; and that from that time the Governor - General and Council have general- ly consisted of an even number of persons , in conse ...
... whole power of the gov- ernment of Fort William devolved to the Governor and one member of the Council ; and that from that time the Governor - General and Council have general- ly consisted of an even number of persons , in conse ...
Page 19
... whole of his disbursements , thereby rendering it the direct interest of the said Auriol to make his dis- bursements as great as possible ; that the chance of capture by the enemy , or danger of the sea , was to be at the risk of the ...
... whole of his disbursements , thereby rendering it the direct interest of the said Auriol to make his dis- bursements as great as possible ; that the chance of capture by the enemy , or danger of the sea , was to be at the risk of the ...
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... whole of his charges ; in accepting of the honor of the said agent as a sufficient voucher for the cost of the articles supplied , and for all charges whatever on which his commission was to be computed ; and final- ly , in giving a ...
... whole of his charges ; in accepting of the honor of the said agent as a sufficient voucher for the cost of the articles supplied , and for all charges whatever on which his commission was to be computed ; and final- ly , in giving a ...
Page 33
... whole of these sums to the Company's property , was not true . Nor would such a transfer , if it had really been made , have justified the said Warren Hastings in originally receiving the money , which , being in the first instance ...
... whole of these sums to the Company's property , was not true . Nor would such a transfer , if it had really been made , have justified the said Warren Hastings in originally receiving the money , which , being in the first instance ...
Page 46
... whole foundation of British authority , and imminently endanger the existence of the British na- tion in India . That the said evils were averted only by the mod- eration of the said General Clavering and Philip Francis , Esquire , in ...
... whole foundation of British authority , and imminently endanger the existence of the British na- tion in India . That the said evils were averted only by the mod- eration of the said General Clavering and Philip Francis , Esquire , in ...
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