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... pretended treaty itself ) authorize the said Nabob to seize upon , and confiscate to his own profit , the landed estates , called Jaghires , of his parents , kindred , and principal nobility ; only stipulating a pension to the net ...
... pretended treaty itself ) authorize the said Nabob to seize upon , and confiscate to his own profit , the landed estates , called Jaghires , of his parents , kindred , and principal nobility ; only stipulating a pension to the net ...
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... pretended claim was set up by the said 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 ...
... pretended claim was set up by the said 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 ...
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... pretended treaty , contains nothing more than a general permission , given by the said Warren Hastings , for confiscating such Jaghires , or landed estates , with the modifi- cations therein contained , " as he [ the Nabob ] แ ́may find ...
... pretended treaty , contains nothing more than a general permission , given by the said Warren Hastings , for confiscating such Jaghires , or landed estates , with the modifi- cations therein contained , " as he [ the Nabob ] แ ́may find ...
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... pretended treaty , aforesaid , nothing more is purported than to give a simple permission to the Nabob to seize upon and confiscate the estates , leaving the execution or non - execution of the same wholly to his discretion , yet it ...
... pretended treaty , aforesaid , nothing more is purported than to give a simple permission to the Nabob to seize upon and confiscate the estates , leaving the execution or non - execution of the same wholly to his discretion , yet it ...
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... pretended treaty . XXII That the said Hastings , in asserting that he was bound to the acts aforesaid by publick duty , and even by national faith , in the very instance , in which that that national faith was by him grossly violated ...
... pretended treaty . XXII That the said Hastings , in asserting that he was bound to the acts aforesaid by publick duty , and even by national faith , in the very instance , in which that that national faith was by him grossly violated ...
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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.