The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 12F. and C. Rivington, ... sold also, 1813 - France |
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... Warren Hastings and the Council - General , and , in consequence thereof , the sum last required was paid , and discharges given to the Nabob for all the money , which he had borrowed from his own mother and the ... WARREN HASTINGS . 5.
... Warren Hastings and the Council - General , and , in consequence thereof , the sum last required was paid , and discharges given to the Nabob for all the money , which he had borrowed from his own mother and the ... WARREN HASTINGS . 5.
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... Warren Hastings , after the Nabob had , by a regular treaty , ratified and guarantied by the said Hastings as Governour - General , renounced and released all demands on them . And this false pretence of a legal demand was taken up and ...
... Warren Hastings , after the Nabob had , by a regular treaty , ratified and guarantied by the said Hastings as Governour - General , renounced and released all demands on them . And this false pretence of a legal demand was taken up and ...
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... Warren Hastings , agreeably to whose orders he pretended to act ; asserting , that he the said Hastings " was " the spring from whence she was restored ... Warren Hastings : for no answer whatsoever was given to AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 55.
... Warren Hastings , agreeably to whose orders he pretended to act ; asserting , that he the said Hastings " was " the spring from whence she was restored ... Warren Hastings : for no answer whatsoever was given to AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 55.
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... Warren Hastings , as the means of the said relief , did , with the consent of the Board , order the said native sequestrator to be removed , " and an English Resident , a servant of the Com- pany , to be appointed in ... WARREN HASTINGS . 97.
... Warren Hastings , as the means of the said relief , did , with the consent of the Board , order the said native sequestrator to be removed , " and an English Resident , a servant of the Com- pany , to be appointed in ... WARREN HASTINGS . 97.
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... Warren Hastings , and the rather , because in the said treaty , as well before and after , the said , Hastings , who pretended . not to dare to relieve those oppressed by the Nabob of Oude , did assume a complete authority over the said ...
... Warren Hastings , and the rather , because in the said treaty , as well before and after , the said , Hastings , who pretended . not to dare to relieve those oppressed by the Nabob of Oude , did assume a complete authority over the said ...
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Page 37 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.
Page 16 - ... due to the Company, he could better, and more expeditiously, effect that object by taking from his mother the treasures of his father, which he...
Page 453 - the governor-general and council are required and directed to pay due obedience to all such orders as they shall receive from the court of directors of the said united company...
Page 264 - Think of their numbers, think of their influence, and the enormous amount of their salaries, pensions, and emoluments! They were, you have heard, an intolerable burden on the revenues and authority of the Vizier ; and they exposed us to the envy and resentment of the whole country, by excluding the native servants and adherents of the prince from the just reward of their services and attachments.
Page 54 - I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the prisoners. The quivering lips, with the tears of joy stealing down the poor men's cheeks, was a scene truly affecting. LXVIII. " If the prayers of these poor men will avail, you will, at the LAST TEUMP ! be translated to the happiest regions in heaven.