The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 9
... leave to state to you briefly the nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the holders of jaghires , form the body of the prin- cipal Mahometan nobility . The great nobility of that country are divided into two parts . One part ...
... leave to state to you briefly the nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the holders of jaghires , form the body of the prin- cipal Mahometan nobility . The great nobility of that country are divided into two parts . One part ...
Page 27
... leave you a dreadful responsibil- ity , if you disappoint me . If you tell me that you cannot rely upon your power , and the other means which you possess for performing these services , I will free you from the charge . I will proceed ...
... leave you a dreadful responsibil- ity , if you disappoint me . If you tell me that you cannot rely upon your power , and the other means which you possess for performing these services , I will free you from the charge . I will proceed ...
Page 54
... leave to read to you their own accounts of their own proceedings . Your Lordships will then judge wheth- er they were proceeding against rebels as rebels , or against wealthy people as wealthy people , punish- ing them , under pretence ...
... leave to read to you their own accounts of their own proceedings . Your Lordships will then judge wheth- er they were proceeding against rebels as rebels , or against wealthy people as wealthy people , punish- ing them , under pretence ...
Page 62
... leave them always under your charge . " I will now trouble your Lordships with the follow- ing passages from Mr. Holt's evidence . -- 66 Q. Did you ever see the two ministers of the Be- gum ? -A . I saw them brought into Lucknow.— Q. In ...
... leave them always under your charge . " I will now trouble your Lordships with the follow- ing passages from Mr. Holt's evidence . -- 66 Q. Did you ever see the two ministers of the Be- gum ? -A . I saw them brought into Lucknow.— Q. In ...
Page 67
... leave to inclose , ( No. 2 , ) was with a view of convincing her that you readily assented to her being freed from the restraints which had been imposed upon her , and that your acquiescence in her sufferings was a measure of necessity ...
... leave to inclose , ( No. 2 , ) was with a view of convincing her that you readily assented to her being freed from the restraints which had been imposed upon her , and that your acquiescence in her sufferings was a measure of necessity ...
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