The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... regards , first , the conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British au- thority , and , next , the proceedings with regard to those native powers which are wholly ...
... regards , first , the conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British au- thority , and , next , the proceedings with regard to those native powers which are wholly ...
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... regard ed even by themselves , that this contempt of orders forms almost the whole subject - matter of the volu- minous reports of two of your committees . If any doubt , however , remains concerning the cause of this fatal decline of ...
... regard ed even by themselves , that this contempt of orders forms almost the whole subject - matter of the volu- minous reports of two of your committees . If any doubt , however , remains concerning the cause of this fatal decline of ...
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... regard to the finding the offence and to the assessment of the damages . Both these were in the charter of justice left entirely to the judges . It was presumed , and not wholly without reason , that the British subjects were liable to ...
... regard to the finding the offence and to the assessment of the damages . Both these were in the charter of justice left entirely to the judges . It was presumed , and not wholly without reason , that the British subjects were liable to ...
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... regard to their local administration , their powers were ex- ceedingly and dangerously loose and undetermined . Their powers were not given directly , but in words of reference , in which neither the objects related to nor the mode of ...
... regard to their local administration , their powers were ex- ceedingly and dangerously loose and undetermined . Their powers were not given directly , but in words of reference , in which neither the objects related to nor the mode of ...
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... regard to the approbation of persons nominated to the Supreme Council by the Court of Directors , no sufficient means were provided for carrying to his Majesty , along with the nomina- tion , the particulars in the conduct of those who ...
... regard to the approbation of persons nominated to the Supreme Council by the Court of Directors , no sufficient means were provided for carrying to his Majesty , along with the nomina- tion , the particulars in the conduct of those who ...
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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