The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 94
... bribery , which was not neglected . Revolutions were no longer necessary , succession supplied their places ; and well the object agreed with the policy . Rules of suc- cession could not be very well ascertained to an office like that ...
... bribery , which was not neglected . Revolutions were no longer necessary , succession supplied their places ; and well the object agreed with the policy . Rules of suc- cession could not be very well ascertained to an office like that ...
Page 95
... bribery and plunder to him and his creatures . The offspring of Munny Begum clinging , as his father did , to Nundcomar , they tore Nundcomar from his side , as they had done from the side of his father , and carried him down as a sort ...
... bribery and plunder to him and his creatures . The offspring of Munny Begum clinging , as his father did , to Nundcomar , they tore Nundcomar from his side , as they had done from the side of his father , and carried him down as a sort ...
Page 104
... bribery , and of oppression in England , that is not an act of extortion , of pe- culation , of bribery , and oppression in Europe , Asia , Africa , and all the world over . This I contend for , not in the tech- nical forms of it , but ...
... bribery , and of oppression in England , that is not an act of extortion , of pe- culation , of bribery , and oppression in Europe , Asia , Africa , and all the world over . This I contend for , not in the tech- nical forms of it , but ...
Page 128
... bribery , by corruption , by creating factions for themselves in the se- raglio , in the country , in the army , in the divan . But how they escape such punishments , is not my business to inquire ; it is enough for me , that the ...
... bribery , by corruption , by creating factions for themselves in the se- raglio , in the country , in the army , in the divan . But how they escape such punishments , is not my business to inquire ; it is enough for me , that the ...
Page 138
... bribery ; and to show your lordships the horrible conse- quences , which resulted from it : for , at first sight , bribery and peculation do not seem to be so horrid a matter ; they may seem to be only the transferring a little money ...
... bribery ; and to show your lordships the horrible conse- quences , which resulted from it : for , at first sight , bribery and peculation do not seem to be so horrid a matter ; they may seem to be only the transferring a little money ...
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abuse accusation act of parliament affairs appear appointed arbitrary power authority banyan Bengal bonds bribery bribes Calcutta called cause Cawn character charge circumstances committee company's concealment conduct consequence corruption council court of directors crimes criminal Debi Sing declared defence Dinagepore duty evidence extortion favour fraud give given governour governour-general guilt Gunga Govin Sing hands Hastings's high steward Holwell honour House of Commons impeachment India inferiour inquiry judges judgment justice lacks Larkins letter Lord Clive lord high steward lords lordships Mahomed Reza Khân manner means ment Munny Begum nabob nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression parties peculation peers person presumption pretended prince principles prisoner proceeding proof prosecution prove province publick rajah reason received revenue rules rupees servants Sir John Clavering situation taken thing tion transactions trial trust Warren Hastings whole witnesses