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... in whose dominions they were chiefly conversant : -particularly that great
charter , by which , in the year 1766 , they acquired the high stewardship of the
kingdoms of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . Under OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ
. 25.
... in whose dominions they were chiefly conversant : -particularly that great
charter , by which , in the year 1766 , they acquired the high stewardship of the
kingdoms of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . Under OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ
. 25.
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kingdoms of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . Under those two bodies of charters ,
the East - India Company , and all their servants , are authorized to act . As to
those of the first description , it is from the British charters , that they derive the ...
kingdoms of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . Under those two bodies of charters ,
the East - India Company , and all their servants , are authorized to act . As to
those of the first description , it is from the British charters , that they derive the ...
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be familiarized hereafter ; -it is enough , that those persons had the cast and
character of all the people of Bengal in their hands . Through them he has taken
effectual security against all complaint . Your lordships will hence discern how
very ...
be familiarized hereafter ; -it is enough , that those persons had the cast and
character of all the people of Bengal in their hands . Through them he has taken
effectual security against all complaint . Your lordships will hence discern how
very ...
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The author , Mr. Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces
. He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes
what the country is capable of yielding ; and his project is to change entirely the ...
The author , Mr. Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces
. He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes
what the country is capable of yielding ; and his project is to change entirely the ...
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They established , very early , Mahomedan sovereigns in all parts of it ;
particularly in the kingdom of Bengal , which is the principal object of our present
inquiry . They held that kingdom , for a long series of years , under a dynasty of
thirtythree ...
They established , very early , Mahomedan sovereigns in all parts of it ;
particularly in the kingdom of Bengal , which is the principal object of our present
inquiry . They held that kingdom , for a long series of years , under a dynasty of
thirtythree ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wells and Lilly, 1827 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
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