The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 67
... Council to order these very severities to be continued till the last farthing was paid . In order to induce the Council to sanction this measure , he suppressed Mr. Bristow's declaration , that severities could do nothing more in ...
... Council to order these very severities to be continued till the last farthing was paid . In order to induce the Council to sanction this measure , he suppressed Mr. Bristow's declaration , that severities could do nothing more in ...
Page 68
... Council . You will find that Mr. Bristow's letters , up to the 3d of March , had been suppressed ; and though then communicated , yet he instigated his cat's - paw , that blind and ignorant Council , to de- mand from the Vizier the ...
... Council . You will find that Mr. Bristow's letters , up to the 3d of March , had been suppressed ; and though then communicated , yet he instigated his cat's - paw , that blind and ignorant Council , to de- mand from the Vizier the ...
Page 77
... Council , and that he lay be- fore the Council , at their next meeting , all letters re- ceived by him in the course of such correspondence , for their information . We likewise direct that a copy of such parts of the country ...
... Council , and that he lay be- fore the Council , at their next meeting , all letters re- ceived by him in the course of such correspondence , for their information . We likewise direct that a copy of such parts of the country ...
Page 79
... Council , instead of laying the whole correspondence before them , in- stead of consulting them upon his answers , he went himself up into the country , took his Majesty's chief- justice along with him , and made that person the ...
... Council , instead of laying the whole correspondence before them , in- stead of consulting them upon his answers , he went himself up into the country , took his Majesty's chief- justice along with him , and made that person the ...
Page 98
... Council ; none were transmitted to the Court of Directors : but at last the House of Commons having come at the truth of this matter , Mr. Hastings , not daring to deny the existence of these papers , brings Captain Gordon to be ...
... Council ; none were transmitted to the Court of Directors : but at last the House of Commons having come at the truth of this matter , Mr. Hastings , not daring to deny the existence of these papers , brings Captain Gordon to be ...
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