The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... authority of the East India Com- pany and the authority of the act of Parliament , to put a dead stop to all these inquiries . He broke up the Council , the moment they attempted to perform this part of their duty . As the evidence ...
... authority of the East India Com- pany and the authority of the act of Parliament , to put a dead stop to all these inquiries . He broke up the Council , the moment they attempted to perform this part of their duty . As the evidence ...
Page 291
... authority to support him in opposition to the authority of the Company , immediately he invests him with high sovereign pow- ers , and he dare not execute the orders of the Com- pany for fear of doing some act that will make him odious ...
... authority to support him in opposition to the authority of the Company , immediately he invests him with high sovereign pow- ers , and he dare not execute the orders of the Com- pany for fear of doing some act that will make him odious ...
Page 293
... authority of the Com- pany under which he acted , had never contended for any one thing , in any way , or in any instance , but obedience to them , and had constantly asserted that Mahomed Reza Khân ought to be put into employ- ment ...
... authority of the Com- pany under which he acted , had never contended for any one thing , in any way , or in any instance , but obedience to them , and had constantly asserted that Mahomed Reza Khân ought to be put into employ- ment ...
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