The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 17
... answer all the ends that were expected from it , we had , in the year 1782 , recourse to a body of monitory resolu- tions . Neither had we the expected fruit from them . When , therefore , we found , that our inquiries and our reports ...
... answer all the ends that were expected from it , we had , in the year 1782 , recourse to a body of monitory resolu- tions . Neither had we the expected fruit from them . When , therefore , we found , that our inquiries and our reports ...
Page 24
... answer the Dey of Algiers gave a British ambassadour , representing certain grievances suffer- ed by the British merchants , - " My friend , " ( as the story is related by Dr. Shawe ) " do not you know , that my sub- jects are a band of ...
... answer the Dey of Algiers gave a British ambassadour , representing certain grievances suffer- ed by the British merchants , - " My friend , " ( as the story is related by Dr. Shawe ) " do not you know , that my sub- jects are a band of ...
Page 38
... answer little or nothing to that specifick bribery , corruption , or mal- versation ; his way has been to call on the court of directors to inquire of every servant , who comes to Europe , and to say , whether there was any one man in ...
... answer little or nothing to that specifick bribery , corruption , or mal- versation ; his way has been to call on the court of directors to inquire of every servant , who comes to Europe , and to say , whether there was any one man in ...
Page 75
... answered it without showing any signs of abhorrence or detestation ; at the same time with a protestation , that he would indeed serve him , the nabob , but it should be upon such terms as honour and justice could support ; informing ...
... answered it without showing any signs of abhorrence or detestation ; at the same time with a protestation , that he would indeed serve him , the nabob , but it should be upon such terms as honour and justice could support ; informing ...
Page 104
... answering to a British tribunal , but as a soubah- dar , as a bashaw of three tails . He says , " I had an arbi- trary power to exercise : 1 exercised it . Slaves I found the people ; slaves they are , they are so by their constitution ...
... answering to a British tribunal , but as a soubah- dar , as a bashaw of three tails . He says , " I had an arbi- trary power to exercise : 1 exercised it . Slaves I found the people ; slaves they are , they are so by their constitution ...
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