The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 26
... servants of the Company , were converted , by the usurpation of this man , into his subjects and his slaves . The mind of Mr. Middleton revolts . You see him reluctant to proceed . The Nabob begs a respite . You find in the Resident a ...
... servants of the Company , were converted , by the usurpation of this man , into his subjects and his slaves . The mind of Mr. Middleton revolts . You see him reluctant to proceed . The Nabob begs a respite . You find in the Resident a ...
Page 33
... servants were their property . This is the Nabob who is now represent- ed by Mr. Hastings and his counsel to have become the instrument of destroying his mother and grand- mother , and everything else that ought to be dear to mankind ...
... servants were their property . This is the Nabob who is now represent- ed by Mr. Hastings and his counsel to have become the instrument of destroying his mother and grand- mother , and everything else that ought to be dear to mankind ...
Page 51
... servants , who it required considerable address to get hold of . However , we at last effected it ; and by using ... servant , " NATHANIEL MIDDLETON . " My Lords , we produce this letter to your Lordships , because it is a letter which ...
... servants , who it required considerable address to get hold of . However , we at last effected it ; and by using ... servant , " NATHANIEL MIDDLETON . " My Lords , we produce this letter to your Lordships , because it is a letter which ...
Page 56
... servants to her , and hope to be favored with your early reply , as I expect that a few days will complete the final surrender of all that is further expected from the Begum . " There are some things in this letter which I shall beg ...
... servants to her , and hope to be favored with your early reply , as I expect that a few days will complete the final surrender of all that is further expected from the Begum . " There are some things in this letter which I shall beg ...
Page 70
... servants of these ladies , must have embittered their wrongs , and poisoned the very cup of malice itself . Oh ! but they deserved it . They were concerned in a wicked , outrageous rebellion : first , for expelling their own son from ...
... servants of these ladies , must have embittered their wrongs , and poisoned the very cup of malice itself . Oh ! but they deserved it . They were concerned in a wicked , outrageous rebellion : first , for expelling their own son from ...
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