The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 101
... Hastings was one ) for the better government of that country . Mr. Hastings , as I must mention to your lord- ships , soon after the deposition and restoration of Jaffier Ally Cawn , and before Lord Clive arrived , quitted for a while ...
... Hastings was one ) for the better government of that country . Mr. Hastings , as I must mention to your lord- ships , soon after the deposition and restoration of Jaffier Ally Cawn , and before Lord Clive arrived , quitted for a while ...
Page 102
... Hastings , and to be granted to whom he pleased . The English government succeeded , at the head of which Mr. Hastings was placed by an act of parliament , having before held the office of president of the council - the express ob- ject ...
... Hastings , and to be granted to whom he pleased . The English government succeeded , at the head of which Mr. Hastings was placed by an act of parliament , having before held the office of president of the council - the express ob- ject ...
Page 103
... Hastings declares he has con- ducted his government ; principles , which he has avowed- first , in several letters written to the East - India Company- next , in a paper of defence , delivered to the House of Com- mons , explicitly ...
... Hastings declares he has con- ducted his government ; principles , which he has avowed- first , in several letters written to the East - India Company- next , in a paper of defence , delivered to the House of Com- mons , explicitly ...
Page 143
... Hastings's merits , as he calls them , what are they did he improve the internal state of the govern- ment by great reforms ? No such thing : or by a wise and incorrupt administration of justice ? the boundary of our government ? strong ...
... Hastings's merits , as he calls them , what are they did he improve the internal state of the govern- ment by great reforms ? No such thing : or by a wise and incorrupt administration of justice ? the boundary of our government ? strong ...
Page 147
Edmund Burke. ticipation of it . Mr. Hastings has said , and it is one of the general complaints of Mr. Hastings , that he is made answer- able for the acts of other men . It is a thing inherent in the nature of his situation . All those ...
Edmund Burke. ticipation of it . Mr. Hastings has said , and it is one of the general complaints of Mr. Hastings , that he is made answer- able for the acts of other men . It is a thing inherent in the nature of his situation . All those ...
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