The Works of Edmund Burke1839 |
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Page 12
... Hastings's criminality , after an investigation begun in the year 1780 , and which produced , in 1782 , a body of resolu- tions condemnatory of almost the whole of his conduct . Those resolutions were formed by the Lord Advocate of ...
... Hastings's criminality , after an investigation begun in the year 1780 , and which produced , in 1782 , a body of resolu- tions condemnatory of almost the whole of his conduct . Those resolutions were formed by the Lord Advocate of ...
Page 57
... Hastings . He ought to have known , that this prince never claimed arbitrary power , that the principles he adopted ... Hastings's Defence , which he has acknowledged to have been written by other people . From the Tartarian , I shall ...
... Hastings . He ought to have known , that this prince never claimed arbitrary power , that the principles he adopted ... Hastings's Defence , which he has acknowledged to have been written by other people . From the Tartarian , I shall ...
Page 59
... Hastings has told you what a sovereign is , and what sovereignty is all over India ; and I wish your lordships to pay particular attention to this part of his defence , and to compare Mr. Hastings's idea of sovereignty with the ...
... Hastings has told you what a sovereign is , and what sovereignty is all over India ; and I wish your lordships to pay particular attention to this part of his defence , and to compare Mr. Hastings's idea of sovereignty with the ...
Page 64
... Hastings's companion and associate in guilt , who must have known the country , and who , however faulty he was in other respects , had in this case no interest whatever in misrepresentation . Lud I might refer your lordships , if it ...
... Hastings's companion and associate in guilt , who must have known the country , and who , however faulty he was in other respects , had in this case no interest whatever in misrepresentation . Lud I might refer your lordships , if it ...
Page 69
... Hastings's general power , we contended that he was obliged by the na- ture of his relation , as a servant to the ... HASTINGS , ESQ . 69.
... Hastings's general power , we contended that he was obliged by the na- ture of his relation , as a servant to the ... HASTINGS , ESQ . 69.
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