The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 33
... Nabob , as he called him , to be the instrument of his own disgrace , and the scandal of his fami- ly and government . He makes him to pass by his mother , and to petition us to appoint Munny Begum once more to the administration of the ...
... Nabob , as he called him , to be the instrument of his own disgrace , and the scandal of his fami- ly and government . He makes him to pass by his mother , and to petition us to appoint Munny Begum once more to the administration of the ...
Page 34
... Nabob , that is , to Munny Begum , -informs her that he was com- pelled by necessity to the present arrangement in favor of Mahomed Reza Khân , but that on the first opportunity he would certainly displace him again . And he kept faith ...
... Nabob , that is , to Munny Begum , -informs her that he was com- pelled by necessity to the present arrangement in favor of Mahomed Reza Khân , but that on the first opportunity he would certainly displace him again . And he kept faith ...
Page 35
... Nabob had offered , out of the 160,000l . payable to him yearly , to give up to the Company no less than 40,000l . a year , in order to have the free disposal of the rest . On this all comment is superfluous . Your Lordships are ...
... Nabob had offered , out of the 160,000l . payable to him yearly , to give up to the Company no less than 40,000l . a year , in order to have the free disposal of the rest . On this all comment is superfluous . Your Lordships are ...
Page 41
... Nabob's 100,000l . , but that the magnitude rendered it easy of discovery . He , therefore , avows an intention of concealment . But it happens here , very singularly , that this sum , which his fears of discovery by others obliged him ...
... Nabob's 100,000l . , but that the magnitude rendered it easy of discovery . He , therefore , avows an intention of concealment . But it happens here , very singularly , that this sum , which his fears of discovery by others obliged him ...
Page 167
... Nabob to the subahdarry , in prejudice of the claim of the grandson ; and for this measure such reasons are assigned as ought to have dictated a dia- metrically opposite resolution . Meeran's son was a minor , which circumstance alone ...
... Nabob to the subahdarry , in prejudice of the claim of the grandson ; and for this measure such reasons are assigned as ought to have dictated a dia- metrically opposite resolution . Meeran's son was a minor , which circumstance alone ...
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