The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 9
... Resident , not only to the Begums , and to the whole family of the Nabob , but also to all the other objects of the tax . Before I proceed , I will beg leave to state to you briefly the nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the ...
... Resident , not only to the Begums , and to the whole family of the Nabob , but also to all the other objects of the tax . Before I proceed , I will beg leave to state to you briefly the nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the ...
Page 25
... resident at a prince's court takes upon himself to force that prince to act the part of a tyrant , and , upon his resistance , openly and avowedly assumes the sovereignty of the country . You have it in proof that Mr. Middleton did this ...
... resident at a prince's court takes upon himself to force that prince to act the part of a tyrant , and , upon his resistance , openly and avowedly assumes the sovereignty of the country . You have it in proof that Mr. Middleton did this ...
Page 26
... Resident a willingness to comply . Even Mr. Middleton is placable . Mr. Hastings alone is obdu- rate . His resolution to rob and to destroy was not to be moved , and the estates of the whole Mahometan nobility of a great kingdom were ...
... Resident a willingness to comply . Even Mr. Middleton is placable . Mr. Hastings alone is obdu- rate . His resolution to rob and to destroy was not to be moved , and the estates of the whole Mahometan nobility of a great kingdom were ...
Page 46
... Resident , Mr. Middleton , to attack the city and to storm the fort in which these ladies lived , and consequently to outrage their persons , to insult their character , and to degrade their dignity , as well as to rob them of all they ...
... Resident , Mr. Middleton , to attack the city and to storm the fort in which these ladies lived , and consequently to outrage their persons , to insult their character , and to degrade their dignity , as well as to rob them of all they ...
Page 54
... Residents ; even though Mr. Hastings , upon another occasion , charged upon Mr. Bristow as a crime that he had made that profit . This money , my Lords , was taken to that assay - table , which they had invent- ed for their own profit ...
... Residents ; even though Mr. Hastings , upon another occasion , charged upon Mr. Bristow as a crime that he had made that profit . This money , my Lords , was taken to that assay - table , which they had invent- ed for their own profit ...
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