The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... Bribery and Corruption . Tues- day , 21st April 1789 250 Speech on the Sixth Charge , 25th April , 5th May , and 7th May 1789 320. 370. 438 • Report from the Committee appointed to inspect the Lords ' Journals , in relation to their ...
... Bribery and Corruption . Tues- day , 21st April 1789 250 Speech on the Sixth Charge , 25th April , 5th May , and 7th May 1789 320. 370. 438 • Report from the Committee appointed to inspect the Lords ' Journals , in relation to their ...
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... bribery , cor- ruption , or other malversation , his course has been to answer little or nothing to that specifick bribery , corruption , or mal- versation ; his way has been to call on the court of directors to inquire of every servant ...
... bribery , cor- ruption , or other malversation , his course has been to answer little or nothing to that specifick bribery , corruption , or mal- versation ; his way has been to call on the court of directors to inquire of every servant ...
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... bribery , base pecu- lation , iron - handed extortion , fierce , unrelenting tyranny , might themselves have been invested with those sacred robes of justice , before which this day they have cause to tremble . Mr. Hastings , sensible ...
... bribery , base pecu- lation , iron - handed extortion , fierce , unrelenting tyranny , might themselves have been invested with those sacred robes of justice , before which this day they have cause to tremble . Mr. Hastings , sensible ...
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... bribery and peculation ; -he has enthroned him , I say , on the first seat of ecclesiastical jurisdiction , which was to de- cide upon the casts of all those people , including their rank , their family , their honour , and their ...
... bribery and peculation ; -he has enthroned him , I say , on the first seat of ecclesiastical jurisdiction , which was to de- cide upon the casts of all those people , including their rank , their family , their honour , and their ...
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... bribery , the persons , who lost every advantage by the treaty of Monghir , when they thought they saw corrupt negotiation carrying away the prizes of unlawful commerce , and were likely to see their trade crippled by Cossim Ally Cawn ...
... bribery , the persons , who lost every advantage by the treaty of Monghir , when they thought they saw corrupt negotiation carrying away the prizes of unlawful commerce , and were likely to see their trade crippled by Cossim Ally Cawn ...
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