The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 16C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 67
... distress . " In con- sequence of the foregoing opinion from Mr. Macpherson , the following Minute was deli- vered by the Governour General : 66 " I should gladly acquiesce in the motion made by Mr. Macpherson , if I thought it possible ...
... distress . " In con- sequence of the foregoing opinion from Mr. Macpherson , the following Minute was deli- vered by the Governour General : 66 " I should gladly acquiesce in the motion made by Mr. Macpherson , if I thought it possible ...
Page 90
... distress . I have now to call your attention to his treat- ment of another branch of this miserable family ; the women and children of the late Nabob Sujah ul Dowlah . These persons were dependent upon the Begums ; and , by the ...
... distress . I have now to call your attention to his treat- ment of another branch of this miserable family ; the women and children of the late Nabob Sujah ul Dowlah . These persons were dependent upon the Begums ; and , by the ...
Page 98
... and affluence to misery and distress , they naturally excite in the mind a greater degree of com- passion by comparing the circumstances in which they they once stood , with those into which they are 98 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... and affluence to misery and distress , they naturally excite in the mind a greater degree of com- passion by comparing the circumstances in which they they once stood , with those into which they are 98 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 104
... distress ; that his whole re- venue was sequestered into the hands of Mr. Hastings's agents ; that by the Treaty of Chunar he was to be relieved from the expence of a body of troops , with which he had been burdened without his own ...
... distress ; that his whole re- venue was sequestered into the hands of Mr. Hastings's agents ; that by the Treaty of Chunar he was to be relieved from the expence of a body of troops , with which he had been burdened without his own ...
Page 105
... distress to his finances , but a dreadful scourge and calamity to his country ; there was a whole pension list upon it , with such enormous pensions as 18,000l . a year to Sir Eyre Coote , and other pensions that Mr. Hastings proposed ...
... distress to his finances , but a dreadful scourge and calamity to his country ; there was a whole pension list upon it , with such enormous pensions as 18,000l . a year to Sir Eyre Coote , and other pensions that Mr. Hastings proposed ...
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