The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 38
... court of directors , which law parliament had bound upon him as his rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he left his government and among his last acts , to pass a general act of pardon and ...
... court of directors , which law parliament had bound upon him as his rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he left his government and among his last acts , to pass a general act of pardon and ...
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... court of justice , in its proceeding , is not more , per- haps not so much a court of record as the India company's executive service is , or ought to be , in all its proceedings . In the first place , they oblige their servants to keep ...
... court of justice , in its proceeding , is not more , per- haps not so much a court of record as the India company's executive service is , or ought to be , in all its proceedings . In the first place , they oblige their servants to keep ...
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... court , to indulge themselves in their narratives leading to the charges they intend to bring . They are not always called to the strictest account for such prefatory matter , because the court , when it comes to judge , sifts and ...
... court , to indulge themselves in their narratives leading to the charges they intend to bring . They are not always called to the strictest account for such prefatory matter , because the court , when it comes to judge , sifts and ...
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... court , of Meer Jaffier , our new created nabob of Bengal , allied to this country by the most solemn treaties , that can bind men ; for which treaties he had paid , and was then paying , immense sums of money . Mr. Warren Has- tings ...
... court , of Meer Jaffier , our new created nabob of Bengal , allied to this country by the most solemn treaties , that can bind men ; for which treaties he had paid , and was then paying , immense sums of money . Mr. Warren Has- tings ...
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... court of directors . The court of directors wrote out , under date of the 7th of October 1761 , within a little more than a year after this extraordinary transaction , to this effect : -that , in conjunc- tion with the nabob , Major ...
... court of directors . The court of directors wrote out , under date of the 7th of October 1761 , within a little more than a year after this extraordinary transaction , to this effect : -that , in conjunc- tion with the nabob , Major ...
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