The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 228
... Larkins was one of the bribe agents of Mr. Hastings ; one , I mean , of a corpora- tion , but not corporate in their acts . My lords , Mr. Larkins has told you , he has told us , and he has told the court of di- rectors , that Mr ...
... Larkins was one of the bribe agents of Mr. Hastings ; one , I mean , of a corpora- tion , but not corporate in their acts . My lords , Mr. Larkins has told you , he has told us , and he has told the court of di- rectors , that Mr ...
Page 407
... Larkins on the first of June . It did so ; but it is not entered in the company's accounts till November following . Now in all that inter- mediate space where was it ? What account was there of it ? It was entirely a secret between Mr ...
... Larkins on the first of June . It did so ; but it is not entered in the company's accounts till November following . Now in all that inter- mediate space where was it ? What account was there of it ? It was entirely a secret between Mr ...
Page 409
... when you hear it . I have already remarked to you , that though this letter is dated upon the 22d of May , it was not despatched for Eu- rope till December following ; and he gets Mr. Larkins OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 409.
... when you hear it . I have already remarked to you , that though this letter is dated upon the 22d of May , it was not despatched for Eu- rope till December following ; and he gets Mr. Larkins OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 409.
Page 410
Edmund Burke. rope till December following ; and he gets Mr. Larkins , who was his agent and instrument in falsifying the company's ac- counts , to swear , that this letter was written upon the 22d of May , and that he had no opportunity ...
Edmund Burke. rope till December following ; and he gets Mr. Larkins , who was his agent and instrument in falsifying the company's ac- counts , to swear , that this letter was written upon the 22d of May , and that he had no opportunity ...
Page 415
... Larkins . What a dreadful declaration is this of his dominion over the publick accounts , and of his power of altering them ; a declaration , that , having first falsified those accounts in order to deceive them , and afterwards having ...
... Larkins . What a dreadful declaration is this of his dominion over the publick accounts , and of his power of altering them ; a declaration , that , having first falsified those accounts in order to deceive them , and afterwards having ...
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