The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 52
... Khan , Cossim Ali Khan , and Sujah Dowlah . With an avowal of these principles he was pleased first to entertain the House of Commons , the active asserters and conservators of the rights , liberties , and laws of his country ; and then ...
... Khan , Cossim Ali Khan , and Sujah Dowlah . With an avowal of these principles he was pleased first to entertain the House of Commons , the active asserters and conservators of the rights , liberties , and laws of his country ; and then ...
Page 73
... Khan particularly valued himself on improving the laws and institutions of his own country . These laws we only have imperfectly in this book ; but we are told in it , and I believe the fact , that he forbad , under pain of death , any ...
... Khan particularly valued himself on improving the laws and institutions of his own country . These laws we only have imperfectly in this book ; but we are told in it , and I believe the fact , that he forbad , under pain of death , any ...
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... Khan or Emperor , without being first duly elected by the princes lawfully assembled in general diet . He then established the privileges and immunities granted to the Tunkawns , that is to the nobility and gentry of the country , and ...
... Khan or Emperor , without being first duly elected by the princes lawfully assembled in general diet . He then established the privileges and immunities granted to the Tunkawns , that is to the nobility and gentry of the country , and ...
Page 75
... Khan , if Tamerlane , did not assume arbitrary power , what are you to think of this man , so bloated with corruption , so bloated with the insolence of unmerited power , declaring that the people of India have no rights , no pro- perty ...
... Khan , if Tamerlane , did not assume arbitrary power , what are you to think of this man , so bloated with corruption , so bloated with the insolence of unmerited power , declaring that the people of India have no rights , no pro- perty ...
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... Khan , Khouli Khan , and Tamer- lane , destroyed ten thousand times more people in battle than this man did . Good God ! Have they run mad ? Have they lost their senses in their guilt ? Did they ever expect , that we meant to compare ...
... Khan , Khouli Khan , and Tamer- lane , destroyed ten thousand times more people in battle than this man did . Good God ! Have they run mad ? Have they lost their senses in their guilt ? Did they ever expect , that we meant to compare ...
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