The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Henry G. Bohn, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... believe it to be true . This may at least be inferred from his having never informed the council of the matter . He never informed the Rajah of Benares of the suspicions entertained against him , during the discussions which took place ...
... believe it to be true . This may at least be inferred from his having never informed the council of the matter . He never informed the Rajah of Benares of the suspicions entertained against him , during the discussions which took place ...
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... believe him guilty of that premeditated project for driving the English out of India , with which I afterwards charged him . " Thus then he declares upon oath , that the Rajah's contumacy was the ground of his suspecting him of ...
... believe him guilty of that premeditated project for driving the English out of India , with which I afterwards charged him . " Thus then he declares upon oath , that the Rajah's contumacy was the ground of his suspecting him of ...
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... believe Cheit Sing to have had the criminal intention imputed to him . " So long , " says he , " as I conceived Cheit Sing's miscon- duct and contumacy to have me ( in italics as he ordered it to be printed ) " rather than the Company ...
... believe Cheit Sing to have had the criminal intention imputed to him . " So long , " says he , " as I conceived Cheit Sing's miscon- duct and contumacy to have me ( in italics as he ordered it to be printed ) " rather than the Company ...
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... believe , to any European at the time . He does not pretend that he told any one of the Company's servants of his intentions of fining the Rajah , but that some hostile project against him had been formed by Mr. Hastings was perfectly ...
... believe , to any European at the time . He does not pretend that he told any one of the Company's servants of his intentions of fining the Rajah , but that some hostile project against him had been formed by Mr. Hastings was perfectly ...
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... believe , have been broken for ever , if he , or any other governor - general , good or bad , had been killed . Infinite mischiefs would have followed such an event . The situation in which he placed himself by his own misconduct was ...
... believe , have been broken for ever , if he , or any other governor - general , good or bad , had been killed . Infinite mischiefs would have followed such an event . The situation in which he placed himself by his own misconduct was ...
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