The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 160
... accusation ; and not only defeated but totally vitiat- ed and reversed all the ends , for which this country , to its eternal and indelible dishonour , had sent out a pompous em- bassy of justice to the remotest parts of the globe . But ...
... accusation ; and not only defeated but totally vitiat- ed and reversed all the ends , for which this country , to its eternal and indelible dishonour , had sent out a pompous em- bassy of justice to the remotest parts of the globe . But ...
Page 165
... the most part he did not . The first thing a man under such an accusation owes to the world is to deny the charge ; next to put it to the proof ; VOL . VII . 21 He did not permit I am to mention some and OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 165.
... the most part he did not . The first thing a man under such an accusation owes to the world is to deny the charge ; next to put it to the proof ; VOL . VII . 21 He did not permit I am to mention some and OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 165.
Page 166
... accusation transmitted to his masters , and his masters giving credit to it ? Good God ! is that a state , in which a man is to say , I am upon the defensive ? I am on my guard ? I will give you no satisfaction ? I have promised it ...
... accusation transmitted to his masters , and his masters giving credit to it ? Good God ! is that a state , in which a man is to say , I am upon the defensive ? I am on my guard ? I will give you no satisfaction ? I have promised it ...
Page 173
... accuse him , loses the favour of the governour- general , and the India company . They will say , the go vernour has been doing a meritorious action , extorting bribes for our benent , and you have the impudence to think of prosecuting ...
... accuse him , loses the favour of the governour- general , and the India company . They will say , the go vernour has been doing a meritorious action , extorting bribes for our benent , and you have the impudence to think of prosecuting ...
Page 213
... accusations ; - namely , that Paterson had menaced him with punishment , if he did not , in so many words , slander and calumniate Debi Sing and then the committee , seating this wretch as an assessor at their own board , who a few days ...
... accusations ; - namely , that Paterson had menaced him with punishment , if he did not , in so many words , slander and calumniate Debi Sing and then the committee , seating this wretch as an assessor at their own board , who a few days ...
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