The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... same unhappy circum- stances . Whatever the merits of the worthy baro- * Right Honorable Henry Dundas . † Sir Thomas Rumbold , late Governor of Madras . net's defence might have been , he did not shrink MOTION MADE FOR PAPERS RELATIVE TO.
... same unhappy circum- stances . Whatever the merits of the worthy baro- * Right Honorable Henry Dundas . † Sir Thomas Rumbold , late Governor of Madras . net's defence might have been , he did not shrink MOTION MADE FOR PAPERS RELATIVE TO.
Page 12
... late accuser has thought proper to do , that he could not have been guilty of malversa- tion in office , for this sole and curious reason , that he had been in office , had he argued the impossibility of his abusing his power on this ...
... late accuser has thought proper to do , that he could not have been guilty of malversa- tion in office , for this sole and curious reason , that he had been in office , had he argued the impossibility of his abusing his power on this ...
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... late Governor and Council of Fort George [ Madras ] , and on the fullest consideration , that the said Govern- or and Council have , in notorious violation of the trust reposed in them , manifestly preferred the interest of private ...
... late Governor and Council of Fort George [ Madras ] , and on the fullest consideration , that the said Govern- or and Council have , in notorious violation of the trust reposed in them , manifestly preferred the interest of private ...
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... from his assignment . Thus they condescended to accumu- late a debt of 160,000l . with an interest of twelve per cent , in compensation for a lingering payment to the 42 SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . WITH AN APPENDIX,
... from his assignment . Thus they condescended to accumu- late a debt of 160,000l . with an interest of twelve per cent , in compensation for a lingering payment to the 42 SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . WITH AN APPENDIX,
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... late bountiful grant from his Majesty's ministers , in order to possess themselves , under the name of creditors and assignees , of every country in India , as fast as it should be conquered , inspired into the mind of the Nabob of ...
... late bountiful grant from his Majesty's ministers , in order to possess themselves , under the name of creditors and assignees , of every country in India , as fast as it should be conquered , inspired into the mind of the Nabob of ...
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