 | Marc Aronson - 2005 - 272 Seiten
...disturbed by what he was hearing and seeing. "The riches of Asia have been poured in upon us," he lamented. "Without connections, without any natural interest...Parliament by such a torrent of private corruption as no hereditary fortune could resist." In fact, returning India hands were entering the House of Commons... | |
 | H. V. Bowen - 2005 - 296 Seiten
...House of Lords in 1770 that 'The riches of Asia have been poured in upon us, and have brought with them not only Asiatic luxury, but, I fear, Asiatic...corruption, as no private hereditary fortune could resist.'52 It was 48 See, for example, the former Governor of Bengal, John Zephaniah Holwell, quoted... | |
 | Nicholas B. Dirks - 2006 - 424 Seiten
...the corruption of the East: "The riches of Asia have been poured in upon us, and have brought with them not only Asiatic Luxury, but, I fear, Asiatic...Parliament by such a torrent of private corruption as no hereditary fortune could resist."6 That this new "Asiatic corruption" was very like the "old corruption"... | |
 | John Garrard, James Newell - 2006 - 264 Seiten
...government. Without connections, without any national interest in the soil, the importers of Indian gold have forced their way into Parliament by such...private corruption as no private hereditary fortune can resist. (Riddy. 1989: 31) As for Hastings' behaviour during this period, the evidence suggests... | |
 | Jürgen Krämer - 2007 - 93 Seiten
...riches of Asia have been poured in upon us, and have brought with them not only Asiatic Luxury, but, l fear, Asiatic principles of government. Without connections,...Parliament by such a torrent of private corruption as no hereditary fortune could resist." (zit.n.: Lawson, EIC, S. 120) 78 Charles Grant zB, der als evangelikaler... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1913 - 220 Seiten
...produce of labour and industry. The riches of Asia have been poured in upon us, and have brought with them not only Asiatic luxury, but, I fear, Asiatic...corruption as no private hereditary fortune could resist." PAGE 5 libellers. Many libels had been lately published, the most important being the series of letters... | |
 | Edward Porritt - 1909 - 660 Seiten
...connections," said Lord Chatham, in speaking of them and their inroads into the borough constituencies, " without any natural interest in the soil, the importers...forced their way into Parliament by such a torrent of corruption as no private hereditary fortune could resist'." Most of these possessors of ducal incomes... | |
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For some years past, there has been an influx of wealth into this country, which has been attended with many fatal consequences, because it has not been the regular, natural produce of labour and industry. The riches of Asia have been poured in upon us,... 
