The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 61
Edmund Burke. conciled to the king ( the Mogul ) and admitted to his favour ; conformable to the steady policy of this government in keep- ing a good understanding with the principal rajahs , and more especially with the head of this ...
Edmund Burke. conciled to the king ( the Mogul ) and admitted to his favour ; conformable to the steady policy of this government in keep- ing a good understanding with the principal rajahs , and more especially with the head of this ...
Page 62
... favoured , protected , gently treated people . The next , which is the fifth era , is a troubled and vexa- tious period - the era of the independent soubahs of Bengal . Five of these soubahs or viceroys governed from about the year 1717 ...
... favoured , protected , gently treated people . The next , which is the fifth era , is a troubled and vexa- tious period - the era of the independent soubahs of Bengal . Five of these soubahs or viceroys governed from about the year 1717 ...
Page 65
... favoured persons without regard to the interests of the service at large increasing rather than les- sening the means of illicit emolument , as well as loading the company with many heavy and ruinous expenses in avowed salaries and ...
... favoured persons without regard to the interests of the service at large increasing rather than les- sening the means of illicit emolument , as well as loading the company with many heavy and ruinous expenses in avowed salaries and ...
Page 84
... favour so thank- fully acknowledged . These wicked , ill - natured scepticks disseminated reports ( which I am sure I do not mean to charge or prove , leaving the effect of them to you ) very dis- honourable , I believe , to Cossim Ally ...
... favour so thank- fully acknowledged . These wicked , ill - natured scepticks disseminated reports ( which I am sure I do not mean to charge or prove , leaving the effect of them to you ) very dis- honourable , I believe , to Cossim Ally ...
Page 87
... favour of those ambitious strangers . He removed from Moorshedabad higher up into the country , to Monghir , in order to be more out of our view . He kept his word pretty well , but not altogether faithfully , with the gentlemen ; and ...
... favour of those ambitious strangers . He removed from Moorshedabad higher up into the country , to Monghir , in order to be more out of our view . He kept his word pretty well , but not altogether faithfully , with the gentlemen ; and ...
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