The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 12F. and C. Rivington, ... sold also, 1813 - France |
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... agent and repre- sentative , and rejecting the Resident appointed by the Company , and obtruding upon them a person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a particular manner responsible for the good government of ...
... agent and repre- sentative , and rejecting the Resident appointed by the Company , and obtruding upon them a person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a particular manner responsible for the good government of ...
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... agent for them ; nor were they called upon to answer , nor any explanation demanded of them . XI . That the article affecting private property se- cured by publick acts , in the said pretended treaty , contains nothing more than a ...
... agent for them ; nor were they called upon to answer , nor any explanation demanded of them . XI . That the article affecting private property se- cured by publick acts , in the said pretended treaty , contains nothing more than a ...
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... agent , in the transaction of 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 ...
... agent , in the transaction of 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 ...
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... agents , the eunuchs Jewar Ali Khân and Behar Ali Khân , persons of great eminence , rank , and distinction , who had been in high trust and favour with the late Nabob , were ignominiously put into confine- ment under an inferiour ...
... agents , the eunuchs Jewar Ali Khân and Behar Ali Khân , persons of great eminence , rank , and distinction , who had been in high trust and favour with the late Nabob , were ignominiously put into confine- ment under an inferiour ...
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... " The melancholy cries of famine are more easily imagined than described ; and from their repre- " sentation , I fear the Nabob's agents for that " business business are very inattentive ; I therefore think " it 50 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
... " The melancholy cries of famine are more easily imagined than described ; and from their repre- " sentation , I fear the Nabob's agents for that " business business are very inattentive ; I therefore think " it 50 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
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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.