The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 68
... lack of rupees , £ 10,000 or £ 12,000 , secured to him , he would for that consideration deliver the prince , the eldest son of the Mogul , alive into the hands of the Nabob ; or , if that could not be effected , he engaged to murder ...
... lack of rupees , £ 10,000 or £ 12,000 , secured to him , he would for that consideration deliver the prince , the eldest son of the Mogul , alive into the hands of the Nabob ; or , if that could not be effected , he engaged to murder ...
Strana 169
... lacks of rupees - cabuleat , that is , an agreement to pay four lacks of rupees , of which three were received , and one re- mained in balance at the time this account was made out . All that we can learn from this account , after all ...
... lacks of rupees - cabuleat , that is , an agreement to pay four lacks of rupees , of which three were received , and one re- mained in balance at the time this account was made out . All that we can learn from this account , after all ...
Strana 177
... lacks of rupees , or £ 1,500,000 . This division of pro- vincial council included Rungpore , Edrackpore , and others , where he obtained such a knowledge of their resources as subsequently to get possession of them . Debi Sing found ...
... lacks of rupees , or £ 1,500,000 . This division of pro- vincial council included Rungpore , Edrackpore , and others , where he obtained such a knowledge of their resources as subsequently to get possession of them . Debi Sing found ...
Strana 213
... lacks of rupees , that is , £ 3,200,000 . " My lords , I have only to add , that , from the best inquiries I have been able to make , those who speak highest of his wealth are those who obtain the greatest credit . The esti- mate of any ...
... lacks of rupees , that is , £ 3,200,000 . " My lords , I have only to add , that , from the best inquiries I have been able to make , those who speak highest of his wealth are those who obtain the greatest credit . The esti- mate of any ...
Strana 245
... complaints of the insults and indignities he had been exposed to , and the em- bezzlement of near twenty lacks of rupees , issued from his 66 treasury for purposes unknown during the late negotiations . WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 245.
... complaints of the insults and indignities he had been exposed to , and the em- bezzlement of near twenty lacks of rupees , issued from his 66 treasury for purposes unknown during the late negotiations . WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 245.
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abuse accusation act of parliament affairs appear appointed arbitrary power authority banyan believe Bengal bonds bribery bribes Calcutta called character charge circumstances committee Company Company's concealment conduct consequence consider corruption Cossim Ally council court of directors covenants crimes criminal Debi Sing declared defence Dinagepore duty endeavoured English evidence extortion favour fraud Gentoo give given governor Governor-General guilt Gunga Govin Sing hands Hastings's Holwell honour House of Commons India inquiry judge justice lacks Larkins letter Lord Clive lords lordships Mahomed Reza Khân Mahomedan manner means ment Mogul Mogul empire Munny Begum Nabob native nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression paid peculation person pretended prince principles prisoner proceeding proof prosecution prove provinces punishment Rajah received regard revenue rupees servants Sir John Clavering situation suffer taken Tamerlane thing tion transaction Translated trust vols Warren Hastings whole zemindars
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Strana 229 - My Lords, what is it that we want here to a great act of national justice ? Do we want a cause, my Lords ? You have the cause of oppressed princes, of undone women of the first rank, of desolated provinces, and of wasted kingdoms. Do you want a criminal, my Lords ? When was there so much iniquity ever laid to the charge of any one ? No, my Lords, you must not look to punish any other such delinquent from India.
Strana 101 - Law and arbitrary power are in eternal enmity. Name me a magistrate, and I will name property ; name me power, and I will name protection. It is a contradiction in terms, it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to...
Strana 229 - Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords, is it a prosecutor you want? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors, and I believe, my lords, that the sun in his beneficent progress round the world does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men, separated from a remote people by the material...
Strana 230 - We have here all the branches of the royal family in a situation between majesty and subjection, between the sovereign and the subject, offering a pledge in that situation for the support of the rights of the crown and the liberties of the people, both which extremities they touch. My lords, we have a great hereditary peerage here — those who have their own honour, the honour of their ancestors and of their posterity, to guard...