The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... treaty with crime ; that half virtue , which , like the ambiguous animal that flies about in the twilight of a compromise between day and night , is to a just man's eye an odious night , 4+ SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT One of the counsel ...
... treaty with crime ; that half virtue , which , like the ambiguous animal that flies about in the twilight of a compromise between day and night , is to a just man's eye an odious night , 4+ SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT One of the counsel ...
Page 55
... 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 are entered in 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 are entered in the ...
Page 107
... treaties between the Company and that Rajah : -and next , that they were the result and effect of private malice and corrup- tion . This having been stated and proved to you , I shall take up the subject where it was left . My Lords ...
... treaties between the Company and that Rajah : -and next , that they were the result and effect of private malice and corrup- tion . This having been stated and proved to you , I shall take up the subject where it was left . My Lords ...
Page 110
... treaty broken . We contend in favour of Cheit Sing , in sup- port of the principles of natural equity , and of the law of nations , which is the birth - right of us all ; we contend , I say , that Cheit Sing would have established , in ...
... treaty broken . We contend in favour of Cheit Sing , in sup- port of the principles of natural equity , and of the law of nations , which is the birth - right of us all ; we contend , I say , that Cheit Sing would have established , in ...
Page 129
... treaty to deliver up Cheit Sing and his country , under pretence of his not having paid regularly to the Company those customary payments which the tyrant would probably have never paid at all , if he had been put in possession of the ...
... treaty to deliver up Cheit Sing and his country , under pretence of his not having paid regularly to the Company those customary payments which the tyrant would probably have never paid at all , if he had been put in possession of the ...
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accused Act of Parliament answer appears appointed arbitrary power arzee assert Aumils authority Azoph ul Dowlah Begums Benares Bristow Britain British Calcutta called charge Cheit Sing Chunar claim Colonel Hannay Company Company's conduct confiscation consequence corruption Council Court of Directors crimes criminal dared declared defence Durbedgy Sing duty evidence Fyzabad give Governour Hastings's honour House of Commons imprisoned India jaghires judge justice justify Khan letter Lord Cornwallis Lords Lordships Lucknow manner Markham ment Middleton military miserable Munny Begum Nabob naib never oppression Oude peculation pergunnah person possession pretended prince principles Prisoner Prisoner's proceedings proof prove publick punishment Rajah rebellion received Resident revenue ruin rupees sent servants shew shewn Sir Elijah Impey sovereign sovereignty suffer Sujah Dowlah Tamerlane thing tion treaty tribunal tyranny tyrant usurped violence Vizier Warren Hastings whole wish Zemindars