The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... pretence of any crime , I say that such an act would be oppressive , cruel , and wicked in the highest degree . Yet this is what Mr. Hastings projected , and actually did accomplish . My Lords , at the treaty of Chunar , as it is called ...
... pretence of any crime , I say that such an act would be oppressive , cruel , and wicked in the highest degree . Yet this is what Mr. Hastings projected , and actually did accomplish . My Lords , at the treaty of Chunar , as it is called ...
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... pretence of rebellion was neces- sary ; but my counsel have found out a book , since published , and from it they produce the law upon that subject , and show that the Nabob had a right to seize upon the treasures of his mother . " But ...
... pretence of rebellion was neces- sary ; but my counsel have found out a book , since published , and from it they produce the law upon that subject , and show that the Nabob had a right to seize upon the treasures of his mother . " But ...
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... Lordships will then judge wheth- er they were proceeding against rebels as rebels , or against wealthy people as wealthy people , punish- ing them , under pretence of crimes , for their 54 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... Lordships will then judge wheth- er they were proceeding against rebels as rebels , or against wealthy people as wealthy people , punish- ing them , under pretence of crimes , for their 54 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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Edmund Burke. ing them , under pretence of crimes , for their own profit . In a letter from Mr. Middleton to Mr. Hastings , after two other paragraphs , he goes on thus . " It remained only to get possession of her wealth ; and to effect ...
Edmund Burke. ing them , under pretence of crimes , for their own profit . In a letter from Mr. Middleton to Mr. Hastings , after two other paragraphs , he goes on thus . " It remained only to get possession of her wealth ; and to effect ...
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... robbery , and , sec- ondly , of the pretences , both civil and criminal , by which they have attempted to justify their proceed- ings . 1 1 O. THE UNTVLAS OF CALIFOR SPEECH IN GENERAL 74 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... robbery , and , sec- ondly , of the pretences , both civil and criminal , by which they have attempted to justify their proceed- ings . 1 1 O. THE UNTVLAS OF CALIFOR SPEECH IN GENERAL 74 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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