The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 142
... executed , but they were obliged to give the country itself back again to Bulwant Sing , with a guarantee against all the pretensions of Sujah Dowlah , who had tyrannically assumed an arbi- trary power over it . This power the predeces ...
... executed , but they were obliged to give the country itself back again to Bulwant Sing , with a guarantee against all the pretensions of Sujah Dowlah , who had tyrannically assumed an arbi- trary power over it . This power the predeces ...
Page 144
... execute . But we will shew you , that in fact he had re- served to himself a power of acting pro re natâ : and that ... execution of it and " the mode . " Now here is a man who has given it in a sworn narrative , that he did not intend ...
... execute . But we will shew you , that in fact he had re- served to himself a power of acting pro re natâ : and that ... execution of it and " the mode . " Now here is a man who has given it in a sworn narrative , that he did not intend ...
Page 146
... execute , uncertain what sums of money he should extort , whether he should deliver up the Rajah to his enemy , or pillage his forts ; he goes up up to Benares ; but he first delegates to himself 146 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... execute , uncertain what sums of money he should extort , whether he should deliver up the Rajah to his enemy , or pillage his forts ; he goes up up to Benares ; but he first delegates to himself 146 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 157
... imprison a person of elevated station , in that country , is to subject him to the highest dishonour and disgrace ; and would make the person person so imprisoned , utterly unfit to execute the functions OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 157.
... imprison a person of elevated station , in that country , is to subject him to the highest dishonour and disgrace ; and would make the person person so imprisoned , utterly unfit to execute the functions OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 157.
Page 158
Edmund Burke. person so imprisoned , utterly unfit to execute the functions of government ever after . I have now to state to your Lordships a transaction , which is worse than his wantonly playing with the safety of the Company , worse ...
Edmund Burke. person so imprisoned , utterly unfit to execute the functions of government ever after . I have now to state to your Lordships a transaction , which is worse than his wantonly playing with the safety of the Company , worse ...
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