The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... Councils of this Kingdom , so Jong employed the greatest and most august of its Tribunals , now approaches to a close . The wreck and fragments of our Cause ( which has been dashed to pieces upon rules by which your Lordships have ...
... Councils of this Kingdom , so Jong employed the greatest and most august of its Tribunals , now approaches to a close . The wreck and fragments of our Cause ( which has been dashed to pieces upon rules by which your Lordships have ...
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... Council , the Company is clearly and indis- 66 putably seized of that sovereignty . If , there- fore , the sovereignty of Benares , as ceded to " us by the Vizier , have any rights whatever an- " nexed to it , ( and be not a mere empty ...
... Council , the Company is clearly and indis- 66 putably seized of that sovereignty . If , there- fore , the sovereignty of Benares , as ceded to " us by the Vizier , have any rights whatever an- " nexed to it , ( and be not a mere empty ...
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... Council , when the treaty with " the new Vizier was on foot in 1775 ; and I " wished to make Cheyt Sing independent , be- 66 cause in India dependence included a thou- " sand evils , many of which I enumerated at " that time , and they ...
... Council , when the treaty with " the new Vizier was on foot in 1775 ; and I " wished to make Cheyt Sing independent , be- 66 cause in India dependence included a thou- " sand evils , many of which I enumerated at " that time , and they ...
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... Council , composed of Mr. Middleton , Mr. Shore , Mr. Halhed , Mr. Baber , the whole body of his Indian Cabinet Council ; -that this was their work and not his and that he disclaimed it , and therefore that it would be wrong to press it ...
... Council , composed of Mr. Middleton , Mr. Shore , Mr. Halhed , Mr. Baber , the whole body of his Indian Cabinet Council ; -that this was their work and not his and that he disclaimed it , and therefore that it would be wrong to press it ...
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... magistrate's duty to protect it ; that he is bound to govern by law ; that he must have a council of Bramins to assist him in every material act F 3 2 that that he does ; in short , my Lords , OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 69.
... magistrate's duty to protect it ; that he is bound to govern by law ; that he must have a council of Bramins to assist him in every material act F 3 2 that that he does ; in short , my Lords , OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 69.
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