The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 12C. and J. Rivington, 1819 - Great Britain |
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... agent and repre- sentative , and rejecting the Resident appointed by the Company , and obtruding upon them a person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a particular manner responsible for the good government of ...
... agent and repre- sentative , and rejecting the Resident appointed by the Company , and obtruding upon them a person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a particular manner responsible for the good government of ...
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... agent for them ; nor were they called upon to answer , nor any ex- planation demanded of them . XI . That the article affecting private property se- cured by publick acts , in the said pretended treaty , contains nothing more than a ...
... agent for them ; nor were they called upon to answer , nor any ex- planation demanded of them . XI . That the article affecting private property se- cured by publick acts , in the said pretended treaty , contains nothing more than a ...
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... agent , in the transaction of affairs , prima facie at least unjust , violent , and oppressive , contrary to publick faith , and to the sentiments and law of nature , and which he the said Hastings was sensi- ble " could not fail to ...
... agent , in the transaction of affairs , prima facie at least unjust , violent , and oppressive , contrary to publick faith , and to the sentiments and law of nature , and which he the said Hastings was sensi- ble " could not fail to ...
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... agents , the eunuchs Jewar Ali Khân and Behar Ali Khân , persons of great eminence , rank , and distinction , who had been in high trust and favour with the late Nabob , were ignominiously put into confine- ment under an inferiour ...
... agents , the eunuchs Jewar Ali Khân and Behar Ali Khân , persons of great eminence , rank , and distinction , who had been in high trust and favour with the late Nabob , were ignominiously put into confine- ment under an inferiour ...
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... " The melancholy cries of famine are more easily imagined than described ; and from their repre- " sentation , I fear the Nabob's agents for that " business " business are very inattentive ; I therefore think " 50 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
... " The melancholy cries of famine are more easily imagined than described ; and from their repre- " sentation , I fear the Nabob's agents for that " business " business are very inattentive ; I therefore think " 50 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
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