The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 67
... Persians and Arabians , who are Mahometans , and the descendants of the Moguls , who ori- ginally had a religion of their own , but are now blended with the other inhabitants . The primeval law of that country is the Gen- too law ; and ...
... Persians and Arabians , who are Mahometans , and the descendants of the Moguls , who ori- ginally had a religion of their own , but are now blended with the other inhabitants . The primeval law of that country is the Gen- too law ; and ...
Page 206
... Persian moonshey , ( a very fine council to settle the revenues of the kingdom , ) in his private house . And with this account before them , they have dared to impose upon the necks of that unhappy people a tribute of 400,000l ...
... Persian moonshey , ( a very fine council to settle the revenues of the kingdom , ) in his private house . And with this account before them , they have dared to impose upon the necks of that unhappy people a tribute of 400,000l ...
Page 207
... Persian moonshey , and a clerk in his private house , made their estimates , without any documents , or with whatever docu- ments , or God only knows , for nothing appears on the record of the transaction ; the collections yielded ...
... Persian moonshey , and a clerk in his private house , made their estimates , without any documents , or with whatever docu- ments , or God only knows , for nothing appears on the record of the transaction ; the collections yielded ...
Page 277
... Persian , there is all the fluency of an English paragraph well preserved . All I can say is , that these people of Benares feel their joy , comfort and satisfaction , in swearing to the falseness of Mr. Hastings's representation ...
... Persian , there is all the fluency of an English paragraph well preserved . All I can say is , that these people of Benares feel their joy , comfort and satisfaction , in swearing to the falseness of Mr. Hastings's representation ...
Page 286
... Persia ; but was not , as is falsely said , the more infamous son of an infamous Persian pedlar . Your Lordships are not unacquainted with the state and history of India ; you there- fore know that Persia has been the nursery of all the ...
... Persia ; but was not , as is falsely said , the more infamous son of an infamous Persian pedlar . Your Lordships are not unacquainted with the state and history of India ; you there- fore know that Persia has been the nursery of all the ...
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