The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 343
... concealment of acts of cha- rity is what makes them acceptable in the eyes of Him , with regard to whom there can be no concealment but acts of corruption are kept secret , not to keep them secret from the eye of Him , whom the person ...
... concealment of acts of cha- rity is what makes them acceptable in the eyes of Him , with regard to whom there can be no concealment but acts of corruption are kept secret , not to keep them secret from the eye of Him , whom the person ...
Page 356
... concealment , to support her and to support him . Every evil principle was at work . He bought a mercenary silence to pay the same back to them . It was a wicked silence , the concealment of their common guilt . There was at once a ...
... concealment , to support her and to support him . Every evil principle was at work . He bought a mercenary silence to pay the same back to them . It was a wicked silence , the concealment of their common guilt . There was at once a ...
Page 370
... concealment . When he found his bribes could no longer be concealed , he next took upon him to dis- cover them himself , and to take merit from them . When I shall have opened the second scene of his pecula- tion , and his new ...
... concealment . When he found his bribes could no longer be concealed , he next took upon him to dis- cover them himself , and to take merit from them . When I shall have opened the second scene of his pecula- tion , and his new ...
Page 394
... concealment . You will see the history of this new scheme of bribery , by which Mr. Hastings contrived , by avowing some bribes , to cover others , attempted to outface his delinquency , and , if possible , to reconcile a weak breach of ...
... concealment . You will see the history of this new scheme of bribery , by which Mr. Hastings contrived , by avowing some bribes , to cover others , attempted to outface his delinquency , and , if possible , to reconcile a weak breach of ...
Page 403
... concealment in every one of Mr. Hastings's discoveries ; for , which is a curious part of it , this letter was not sent to the court of directors , in their packet , regularly , but transmitted by Ma- jor Fairfax , one of his agents ...
... concealment in every one of Mr. Hastings's discoveries ; for , which is a curious part of it , this letter was not sent to the court of directors , in their packet , regularly , but transmitted by Ma- jor Fairfax , one of his agents ...
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