The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... Hastings tells you , in so many direct and plain words , that neither the Rajah's property , his honour , nor his life ... Hastings's narra- tive ; and all the presumptive evidence in the world would scarcely be sufficient to prove the ...
... Hastings tells you , in so many direct and plain words , that neither the Rajah's property , his honour , nor his life ... Hastings's narra- tive ; and all the presumptive evidence in the world would scarcely be sufficient to prove the ...
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... Hastings's rebellion , a re- bellion which arose from his own dreadful exaction ; from his pride , from his malice ... Hastings has none of any kind . I hold that patience is one of the great virtues of a governor ; it was said of Moses ...
... Hastings's rebellion , a re- bellion which arose from his own dreadful exaction ; from his pride , from his malice ... Hastings has none of any kind . I hold that patience is one of the great virtues of a governor ; it was said of Moses ...
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... Hastings was perfectly well known to the natives . Mr. Hastings tells you that Cheit Sing had a vakeel at Calcutta ... Hastings's clandestine and wicked inten- tions towards this unhappy man , Cheit Sing , and his unhap- py country ...
... Hastings was perfectly well known to the natives . Mr. Hastings tells you that Cheit Sing had a vakeel at Calcutta ... Hastings's clandestine and wicked inten- tions towards this unhappy man , Cheit Sing , and his unhap- py country ...
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... Hastings's plans of economy and finance , without considering the injustice and cruelty of delivering up a man to the hereditary enemy of his family . It is known , my lords , that Mr. Hastings , besides having received proposals for ...
... Hastings's plans of economy and finance , without considering the injustice and cruelty of delivering up a man to the hereditary enemy of his family . It is known , my lords , that Mr. Hastings , besides having received proposals for ...
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... Hastings . It consists of a variety of charges ; and I will first read to you what is said by Nundcomar of these ... Hastings's reply : " I recollect an information given me by Nundcomar , : concerning the pretended usurpations made ...
... Hastings . It consists of a variety of charges ; and I will first read to you what is said by Nundcomar of these ... Hastings's reply : " I recollect an information given me by Nundcomar , : concerning the pretended usurpations made ...
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