The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... matters only which are not comprehended in the Report of the Committee of Secrecy . Under these heads , your Committee refer to the most leading particulars of abuse which prevail in the administration of India , - deviating only from ...
... matters only which are not comprehended in the Report of the Committee of Secrecy . Under these heads , your Committee refer to the most leading particulars of abuse which prevail in the administration of India , - deviating only from ...
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... matter to lay before Parliament from time to time , according as the state of things should render regulation or animadversion necessary . The first object of the policy of this act Court of Pro- was to improve the constitution of the ...
... matter to lay before Parliament from time to time , according as the state of things should render regulation or animadversion necessary . The first object of the policy of this act Court of Pro- was to improve the constitution of the ...
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... matter of -surprise to your Committee , that the General Court , so composed , has at length grown to such a degree of contempt both of its duty and of the permanent inter- est of the whole corporation as to put itself into open ...
... matter of -surprise to your Committee , that the General Court , so composed , has at length grown to such a degree of contempt both of its duty and of the permanent inter- est of the whole corporation as to put itself into open ...
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... matter of the volu- minous reports of two of your committees . If any doubt , however , remains concerning the cause of this fatal decline of the authority of the Court of Di- rectors , no doubt whatsoever can remain of the fact itself ...
... matter of the volu- minous reports of two of your committees . If any doubt , however , remains concerning the cause of this fatal decline of the authority of the Court of Di- rectors , no doubt whatsoever can remain of the fact itself ...
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... matters . of peace and war it seems to have been meant that the other Presidencies should be subordinate to their board . But the law is loose and defective , where it professes to restrain the subordinate Presidencies from making war ...
... matters . of peace and war it seems to have been meant that the other Presidencies should be subordinate to their board . But the law is loose and defective , where it professes to restrain the subordinate Presidencies from making war ...
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abuse act of Parliament affairs aforesaid agent answer appear appointed asserts authority Barwell Begum Bengal Berar bonds Bristow British Calcutta cerned charge Chunar Committee Company's complaint concerning conduct consequence contract corrupt Court of Directors Dacca declared demand duty East India Company effect engagement English Esquire extorted extraordinary favor Fowke Furruckabad Fyzabad Governor-General and Council Hastings's honor hundred thousand pounds inquiry investment jaghires justice lacs of rupees letter Lucknow Mahomed Reza Khân manner means measure ment Middleton ministers monopoly mother Munny Begum Mussulmen Nabob of Oude natives nature object offence opinion opium oppressions orders paid pany payment person pounds sterling present pretended prince principles proceedings profit proposed prosecution province Rajah of Benares received regulations Resident revenue sent servants Sir Elijah Impey Sujah Sulivan sum of money taken tion trade transaction treaty ul Dowlah Vizier Warren Hastings whole zemindary