The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 12F. and C. Rivington, ... sold also, 1813 - France |
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... called Asoph ul Dowla ( son and succes- sor to Shuja ul Dowla ) , by taking into or continuing in his pay certain bodies of regular British troops , and by having afterwards admitted the British Re- sident at his court into the ...
... called Asoph ul Dowla ( son and succes- sor to Shuja ul Dowla ) , by taking into or continuing in his pay certain bodies of regular British troops , and by having afterwards admitted the British Re- sident at his court into the ...
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... called Jaghires , in order to the support of their own dignity , and the honourable maintenance of his women , and a numerous offspring , and their dependents ; the said family amounting in the whole to two thousand persons , who were ...
... called Jaghires , in order to the support of their own dignity , and the honourable maintenance of his women , and a numerous offspring , and their dependents ; the said family amounting in the whole to two thousand persons , who were ...
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... called Jaghires , of his parents , kindred , and principal nobility ; only stipulating a pension to the net amount of the rent of the said lands as an equivalent , and that equi- valent to such only , whose lands had been gua- rantied ...
... called Jaghires , of his parents , kindred , and principal nobility ; only stipulating a pension to the net amount of the rent of the said lands as an equivalent , and that equi- valent to such only , whose lands had been gua- rantied ...
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... 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 general permission , given by the ...
... 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 general permission , given by the ...
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... called upon to answer not only " their recent breach of faith and solemn engage- " ment , but also to atone for other heavy offences ; " the punishment of which , as had frequently been signified to them , it was in their power to have ...
... called upon to answer not only " their recent breach of faith and solemn engage- " ment , but also to atone for other heavy offences ; " the punishment of which , as had frequently been signified to them , it was in their power to have ...
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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.
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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.