The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 48
... monopolies , for the four years which ended with 1780 , when the investment from the surplus reve- nues finally closed , were never less than a million ster- ling , and commonly nearer twelve hundred thousand pounds . This million is ...
... monopolies , for the four years which ended with 1780 , when the investment from the surplus reve- nues finally closed , were never less than a million ster- ling , and commonly nearer twelve hundred thousand pounds . This million is ...
Page 57
... monopolies stood very high . It was estimated at a million four hundred thousand pounds ; and of this it appears that a great deal was realized . But this was the high flood - tide of the investment ; for in that year they announce its ...
... monopolies stood very high . It was estimated at a million four hundred thousand pounds ; and of this it appears that a great deal was realized . But this was the high flood - tide of the investment ; for in that year they announce its ...
Page 75
... monopoly ; nor does the Company at present exercise a declared right of preemption with regard to them . But it does ... monopolies and preëmptions , and necessarily partakes of the nature of its materials . -- - In order to show in what ...
... monopoly ; nor does the Company at present exercise a declared right of preemption with regard to them . But it does ... monopolies and preëmptions , and necessarily partakes of the nature of its materials . -- - In order to show in what ...
Page 77
... monopoly more forcible , more simple , or more equita- ble : no sort of plausible objection could be made ; and it was in vain to think of evading it . It was therefore met with the confidence of avowed and determined injustice . The ...
... monopoly more forcible , more simple , or more equita- ble : no sort of plausible objection could be made ; and it was in vain to think of evading it . It was therefore met with the confidence of avowed and determined injustice . The ...
Page 79
... monopoly . In the progress of these ruinous measures through all their details , innumerable grievances were suffered by the native inhabitants , which were represented in the strongest , that is , their true colors , in England ...
... monopoly . In the progress of these ruinous measures through all their details , innumerable grievances were suffered by the native inhabitants , which were represented in the strongest , that is , their true colors , in England ...
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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