The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... present state of depression and misery . Your Committee have endeavored to perform this task in plain and popular language , knowing that nothing has alienated the House from inquiries ab- solutely necessary for the performance of one ...
... present state of depression and misery . Your Committee have endeavored to perform this task in plain and popular language , knowing that nothing has alienated the House from inquiries ab- solutely necessary for the performance of one ...
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... Present laws relating to the East India Com- pany , and policy . - The plan adopted by your Committee is , first , to consider the law regulating the East India Company , as it now stands , and , sec- internal and ondly , to inquire ...
... Present laws relating to the East India Com- pany , and policy . - The plan adopted by your Committee is , first , to consider the law regulating the East India Company , as it now stands , and , sec- internal and ondly , to inquire ...
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... presents by any in authority . A right of prosecution in the King's Bench was also established ; but it was a right the exercise of which is difficult , and in many , and those the most weighty cases , im- practicable . No considerable ...
... presents by any in authority . A right of prosecution in the King's Bench was also established ; but it was a right the exercise of which is difficult , and in many , and those the most weighty cases , im- practicable . No considerable ...
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... presents from the natives , at that time generally charged upon men in power , was prin- cipally aimed at . Presents to any considerable value were justly re- puted by the legislature , not as marks of attention and respect , but as ...
... presents from the natives , at that time generally charged upon men in power , was prin- cipally aimed at . Presents to any considerable value were justly re- puted by the legislature , not as marks of attention and respect , but as ...
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... presents was represented to be as general as it was mischievous . In such a case , indeed in any case , it seemed not to be a measure the most provident , without a great deal of previous inquiry , to place two persons , who from their ...
... presents was represented to be as general as it was mischievous . In such a case , indeed in any case , it seemed not to be a measure the most provident , without a great deal of previous inquiry , to place two persons , who from their ...
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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