| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 716 pages
...were of the value, in English money, of 234.000/., and that in so doing the •aid Robert lord CJive abused the powers with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public." General Burgnyne declared, that, if his resolution passed, he should propose one relative... | |
| John Malcolm - India - 1836 - 428 pages
...against Lord Clive were before the House, Mr. Stanley moved that the words, " And in so doing, the said Robert Lord Clive abused the powers with which he...intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public, and to the dishonour and detriment of the State," should be omitted ; and was seconded by Mr.... | |
| Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1840 - 576 pages
...committee, moved a resolution that lord Clive, in the affair of the deposition of Suraj-ud-Dowla, had " abused the powers with which he was intrusted, to...the evil example of the •servants of the company, and to the dishonor and detriment of the state." Lord Clive, in the course of the debate, made a noble... | |
| James Mill - Hindus - 1840 - 674 pages
...presents upon the enthronement of Mcer Jaffier was carried. It was then moved that "in so doing he abused the powers with which he was intrusted to the evil example of the servants of the public." The motion was rejected without a division : a motion was finally made about " five in the... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1843 - 852 pages
...amounting to£234,000: when it was proposed to add to the vote the words, that ' in so doing he did abuse the powers with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public,' the house almost unanimously rejected the motion ; and immediately, and almost by acclamation,... | |
| 1843 - 746 pages
...amounting to £234,000: when it was proposed to add to the vote the words, that ' in so doing he did abuse the powers with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public,' the house almost unanimously rejected the motion ; and immediately, and almost by acclamation,... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 pages
...in English money, of 234,000?.; and that, in so doing, the said Robert Lord Clive abused the power with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public, and to the dishonour and detriment of the state." — Wedderburn again took an active part... | |
| James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson - Hindus - 1848 - 670 pages
...presents upon the enthronement of Mecr Jaffier was carried. It was then moved that "in so doing he ahused the powers with which he was intrusted to the evil example of the servants of the public." The motion was rejected without a division : a motion was finally made about " five in the... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1848 - 334 pages
...in English money, of 234,000/. ; and that, in so doing, the said Robert Lord Clive abused the power with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public, and to the dishonour and detriment of the State." Lord Olive's friends denounced the proposition... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1848 - 332 pages
...in English money, of 234,000/. ; and that, in so doing, the said Robert Lord Clive abused the power with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public, and to the dishonour and detriment of the State." Lord Olive's friends denounced the proposition... | |
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