The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... entire destruction of that country . In page 513 of the printed Minutes you have Mr. Middleton's declaration of his promptitude to represent every- thing agreeably to Mr. Hastings's wishes . - .MY DEAR SIR , -I have this day answered.
... entire destruction of that country . In page 513 of the printed Minutes you have Mr. Middleton's declaration of his promptitude to represent every- thing agreeably to Mr. Hastings's wishes . - .MY DEAR SIR , -I have this day answered.
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... Middleton him- self , who was the instrument and the chief agent in it , acknowledges that the Nabob was persuaded to sign it by the assurance given to him that it never was to be executed . Here , then , your SPEECH IN REPLY . 5 ...
... Middleton him- self , who was the instrument and the chief agent in it , acknowledges that the Nabob was persuaded to sign it by the assurance given to him that it never was to be executed . Here , then , your SPEECH IN REPLY . 5 ...
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... Middleton himself tells you , ) up- on that very day , I say , he recommended to the Na- bob that these pensioners might remain upon that very establishment which , by a solemn treaty of his own making and his own dictating , he had ...
... Middleton himself tells you , ) up- on that very day , I say , he recommended to the Na- bob that these pensioners might remain upon that very establishment which , by a solemn treaty of his own making and his own dictating , he had ...
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... Middleton finds the Nabob reluctant in the greatest degree to make this sacrifice of his family and of all his nobility . It touched him in every way in which shame and sympathy can affect a man . He falls at the feet of Mr. Middleton ...
... Middleton finds the Nabob reluctant in the greatest degree to make this sacrifice of his family and of all his nobility . It touched him in every way in which shame and sympathy can affect a man . He falls at the feet of Mr. Middleton ...
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... Middleton's letters , that you may hear these men with their own mouths describing their own acts , and that your Lord ships may then judge whether the highest tone and language of crimination comes up to their own de- scription of ...
... Middleton's letters , that you may hear these men with their own mouths describing their own acts , and that your Lord ships may then judge whether the highest tone and language of crimination comes up to their own de- scription of ...
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