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... received such evidence , you have received it obliquely ; for there is no other direct proof before your lordships of such services , than that of there having been great distresses and great calamities in India , during his government ...
... received such evidence , you have received it obliquely ; for there is no other direct proof before your lordships of such services , than that of there having been great distresses and great calamities in India , during his government ...
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... received directly from him , as a matter of recriminatory charge upon the House of Com- mons , because you have not suffered that House to examine into the validity and merit of this plea . We have not been heard upon this recriminatory ...
... received directly from him , as a matter of recriminatory charge upon the House of Com- mons , because you have not suffered that House to examine into the validity and merit of this plea . We have not been heard upon this recriminatory ...
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... received hard measure from the Commons and their managers , those managers thought themselves bound seriatim one after another , to express the utmost indignation at the charge , in the harshest language that could be used . Why did ...
... received hard measure from the Commons and their managers , those managers thought themselves bound seriatim one after another , to express the utmost indignation at the charge , in the harshest language that could be used . Why did ...
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... received from the Commons of Great Britain , is totally false and groundless ; for if he had any witnesses to examine , he would not have failed to examine them . If he had asked for a commission to receive their depositions , a ...
... received from the Commons of Great Britain , is totally false and groundless ; for if he had any witnesses to examine , he would not have failed to examine them . If he had asked for a commission to receive their depositions , a ...
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... received from Mr. Hastings , for his services upon this occasion ; and the answer was " not one shilling ! " Not one shilling had Mr. Hudson received from Mr. Hastings . The clerks of the company informed us , that the court of ...
... received from Mr. Hastings , for his services upon this occasion ; and the answer was " not one shilling ! " Not one shilling had Mr. Hudson received from Mr. Hastings . The clerks of the company informed us , that the court of ...
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