The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... claims of his elder brother , as well as those of other competitors , to the arms and influ ence of the British East India Company . Being thus established in a considerable part of the dominions he now possesses , he began , about the ...
... claims of his elder brother , as well as those of other competitors , to the arms and influ ence of the British East India Company . Being thus established in a considerable part of the dominions he now possesses , he began , about the ...
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... claim a debt of three or four mil- lions more from the territorial revenue of one of their dependent princes . - The ostensible pecuniary transactions of the Nabob of Arcot with very private persons are so enormous , that they evidently ...
... claim a debt of three or four mil- lions more from the territorial revenue of one of their dependent princes . - The ostensible pecuniary transactions of the Nabob of Arcot with very private persons are so enormous , that they evidently ...
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... claimed were " very large . " The last head of these debts the Directors compute at 2,465,6807 . sterling . Of the existence of this debt the Directors heard nothing until 1776 , and they say , that , " although they had repeatedly ...
... claimed were " very large . " The last head of these debts the Directors compute at 2,465,6807 . sterling . Of the existence of this debt the Directors heard nothing until 1776 , and they say , that , " although they had repeatedly ...
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... claim the country itself , and carried on a continued train of negotiation , that it should again be given up to him , in violation of the Company's public faith . The Directors , in obedience to this part of the act , ordered an ...
... claim the country itself , and carried on a continued train of negotiation , that it should again be given up to him , in violation of the Company's public faith . The Directors , in obedience to this part of the act , ordered an ...
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... claims pre- scribed by an act of Parliament . It is not contended that the act of Parliament did not expressly ordain an inquiry . It is not asserted that this inquiry was not , with equal precision of terms , specially committed ...
... claims pre- scribed by an act of Parliament . It is not contended that the act of Parliament did not expressly ordain an inquiry . It is not asserted that this inquiry was not , with equal precision of terms , specially committed ...
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