The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 143
... this miserable family , — the women and children of the late Nabob Sujah ul Dowlah . These persons were dependent upon the Begums , and by the confiscation of their property , and by the ruin of various persons who would other-
... this miserable family , — the women and children of the late Nabob Sujah ul Dowlah . These persons were dependent upon the Begums , and by the confiscation of their property , and by the ruin of various persons who would other-
Page 164
... dependent upon them , and dependent upon their well - being . We have stated to you that the Court of Directors were shocked and astonished , when they received the account of the first , before they had heard the second . We have ...
... dependent upon them , and dependent upon their well - being . We have stated to you that the Court of Directors were shocked and astonished , when they received the account of the first , before they had heard the second . We have ...
Page 207
... dependent situation to which these people are reduced , that they are not ashamed to come forward and deny everything they have given under their own hand , — all these things show the portentous nature of this government , they show ...
... dependent situation to which these people are reduced , that they are not ashamed to come forward and deny everything they have given under their own hand , — all these things show the portentous nature of this government , they show ...
Page 209
... dependent upon and cling to the subahdars or viceroys of the several provinces . They , therefore , who oppress , plunder , and destroy the subahdars , oppress , rob , and destroy an immense mass of people . It is true that a super ...
... dependent upon and cling to the subahdars or viceroys of the several provinces . They , therefore , who oppress , plunder , and destroy the subahdars , oppress , rob , and destroy an immense mass of people . It is true that a super ...
Page 212
... dependent upon them , the whole of the criminal jurisdiction of the country , and a very considerable part of the civil law and the civil government . These establishments formed the constitutional basis of their political government ...
... dependent upon them , the whole of the criminal jurisdiction of the country , and a very considerable part of the civil law and the civil government . These establishments formed the constitutional basis of their political government ...
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