The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... letter or in their spirit , and we affirm , that in his relation to the people of India , he was bound to act according to the largest and most liberal construction of their laws , rights , usages , institutions , and good customs ; and ...
... letter or in their spirit , and we affirm , that in his relation to the people of India , he was bound to act according to the largest and most liberal construction of their laws , rights , usages , institutions , and good customs ; and ...
Page 95
... letter and spirit , so far as they were applicable to him and to his case and above all , that he was bound by the act to which he owed his appointment , in all transactions with foreign powers to act according to the known recognised ...
... letter and spirit , so far as they were applicable to him and to his case and above all , that he was bound by the act to which he owed his appointment , in all transactions with foreign powers to act according to the known recognised ...
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... letter to Lord Ma- cartney upon the state of the empire , giving him much and various advice . Did he insinuate in that letter , that he was going up to Benares to suppress a rebellion of the Rajah Cheit Sing or to punish him ? No , not ...
... letter to Lord Ma- cartney upon the state of the empire , giving him much and various advice . Did he insinuate in that letter , that he was going up to Benares to suppress a rebellion of the Rajah Cheit Sing or to punish him ? No , not ...
Page 126
... letters came from Cheit Sing to Mr. Hastings , in which the unfortunate man en- deavoured to appease his wrath , and to none of which he ever gave an answer . He is an accuser preferring a charge and receiving apologies , without giving ...
... letters came from Cheit Sing to Mr. Hastings , in which the unfortunate man en- deavoured to appease his wrath , and to none of which he ever gave an answer . He is an accuser preferring a charge and receiving apologies , without giving ...
Page 127
... letter . Not that he was idle . He was carrying on a wicked and clandestine plot for the destruction of the Rajah , under the pretence of this fine ; although the plot was not known , I verily believe , to any European at the time . He ...
... letter . Not that he was idle . He was carrying on a wicked and clandestine plot for the destruction of the Rajah , under the pretence of this fine ; although the plot was not known , I verily believe , to any European at the time . He ...
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