The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 7
... kind might be derived ; and ac- cordingly he turned in his head a vast variety of stratagems for effecting his purpose . The first article that occurs in the treaty of Chu- nar is a power given to the Nabob to resume all the jaghires ...
... kind might be derived ; and ac- cordingly he turned in his head a vast variety of stratagems for effecting his purpose . The first article that occurs in the treaty of Chu- nar is a power given to the Nabob to resume all the jaghires ...
Page 52
... kind . You cannot help observing the soft language used in this tender billet - doux between Mr. Middleton and Sir Elijah Impey . You would imagine that they were mak- ing love , and that you heard the voice of the turtle in the land ...
... kind . You cannot help observing the soft language used in this tender billet - doux between Mr. Middleton and Sir Elijah Impey . You would imagine that they were mak- ing love , and that you heard the voice of the turtle in the land ...
Page 69
... kind or other that he thought he had received from these people . He accuses them of a personal quarrel with himself ; and yet he has not the honor or hones- ty to tell you what it was , - what it was that could induce them to entertain ...
... kind or other that he thought he had received from these people . He accuses them of a personal quarrel with himself ; and yet he has not the honor or hones- ty to tell you what it was , - what it was that could induce them to entertain ...
Page 76
... kind with the country powers . You will remember the period when these orders were issued , namely , the period at which the act passed for the better direction of the servants of the Company . By this act Mr. Hast- ings was appointed ...
... kind with the country powers . You will remember the period when these orders were issued , namely , the period at which the act passed for the better direction of the servants of the Company . By this act Mr. Hast- ings was appointed ...
Page 88
... kind of evil . This chief - justice went up there with the death - warrant of the Begums ' treasures , and , for aught he knew , the death - warrant of their persons . At the same time that he took these affida- vits he became himself a ...
... kind of evil . This chief - justice went up there with the death - warrant of the Begums ' treasures , and , for aught he knew , the death - warrant of their persons . At the same time that he took these affida- vits he became himself a ...
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