The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 12F. and C. Rivington, ... sold also, 1813 - France |
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... person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a particular manner responsible for the good government of the provinces composing the dominions of the Nabob of Oude . III . That the provinces aforesaid , having been ...
... person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a particular manner responsible for the good government of the provinces composing the dominions of the Nabob of Oude . III . That the provinces aforesaid , having been ...
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... persons to be affected thereby , to support their rights before any of the principal magistrates and expounders of the Mahomedan law , or taking publickly the opinions of any person conversant therein . X. That , in order to give ...
... persons to be affected thereby , to support their rights before any of the principal magistrates and expounders of the Mahomedan law , or taking publickly the opinions of any person conversant therein . X. That , in order to give ...
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... persons , whose dependence was principally , if not wholly , on the good faith of this nation , and highly affecting the honour , property , and even lives , of women of the highest condition ; nor the affidavits intended to support the ...
... persons , whose dependence was principally , if not wholly , on the good faith of this nation , and highly affecting the honour , property , and even lives , of women of the highest condition ; nor the affidavits intended to support the ...
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... person particularly unfit for an 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 ...
... person particularly unfit for an 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 ...
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... persons concerned in them to obloquy , would be the means of strengthening the connexion of the Nabob with the British united Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies ; did disgrace the authority , under which he imme- diately ...
... persons concerned in them to obloquy , would be the means of strengthening the connexion of the Nabob with the British united Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies ; did disgrace the authority , under which he imme- diately ...
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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.