The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 12F. and C. Rivington, ... sold also, 1813 - France |
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... affairs , foreign and domestick , and particularly into the administration of his finances , did gradually become , in substance and effect , as well as in ge- ♢ neral repute and estimation , a dependent on , or vassal of , the East ...
... affairs , foreign and domestick , and particularly into the administration of his finances , did gradually become , in substance and effect , as well as in ge- ♢ neral repute and estimation , a dependent on , or vassal of , the East ...
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... affairs ; and did give to himself a delegation of the powers of the said Council , in direct violation of the Company's or- ders , forbidding such delegation . VIII . That the said Warren Hastings , having by his B3 appointment ...
... affairs ; and did give to himself a delegation of the powers of the said Council , in direct violation of the Company's or- ders , forbidding such delegation . VIII . That the said Warren Hastings , having by his B3 appointment ...
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... affairs , prima facie at least unjust , violent , and oppressive , contrary to publick faith , and to the sentiments and law of nature , and which he the said Hastings was sensi ble " could not fail to draw obloquy on himself by " his ...
... affairs , prima facie at least unjust , violent , and oppressive , contrary to publick faith , and to the sentiments and law of nature , and which he the said Hastings was sensi ble " could not fail to draw obloquy on himself by " his ...
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... affairs . He will well " remember the manner , in which , at a visit to him " in in his own tent , I declared my acquiescence freely , and without hesitation , to each proposition , " which afterwards formed the substance of a written ...
... affairs . He will well " remember the manner , in which , at a visit to him " in in his own tent , I declared my acquiescence freely , and without hesitation , to each proposition , " which afterwards formed the substance of a written ...
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... affair , and that whatever he desired she 66 " should implicitly comply with . The Begum " then sent for five of the children , who were " wounded in the affray of last night , and , after endeavouring to sooth them , she sent again for ...
... affair , and that whatever he desired she 66 " should implicitly comply with . The Begum " then sent for five of the children , who were " wounded in the affray of last night , and , after endeavouring to sooth them , she sent again for ...
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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.