The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... regard to the condition of the country of Tanjore , which had been within a few years four times plundered , ( twice by the Nabob of Arcot , and twice by enemies brought upon it solely by the pol- itics of the same Nabob , the declared ...
... regard to the condition of the country of Tanjore , which had been within a few years four times plundered , ( twice by the Nabob of Arcot , and twice by enemies brought upon it solely by the pol- itics of the same Nabob , the declared ...
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... into a suspicious office ( which every man delicate with regard to character would rather have sought constructions to avoid ) were perfectly sound and perfectly legal , of this I am certain , that SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 13.
... into a suspicious office ( which every man delicate with regard to character would rather have sought constructions to avoid ) were perfectly sound and perfectly legal , of this I am certain , that SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 13.
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... regard to it . I will show you that this debt was never contracted with the knowledge of the Company ; that it had not their approbation ; that they received the first intel- ligence of it with the utmost possible surprise , indig ...
... regard to it . I will show you that this debt was never contracted with the knowledge of the Company ; that it had not their approbation ; that they received the first intel- ligence of it with the utmost possible surprise , indig ...
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... regard to sex , to age , to the respect of rank or sacredness of function , fathers torn from children , husbands from wives , enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry , and amidst the goading spears of drivers , and the trampling of ...
... regard to sex , to age , to the respect of rank or sacredness of function , fathers torn from children , husbands from wives , enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry , and amidst the goading spears of drivers , and the trampling of ...
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... regard all this raving as it ought to be regarded . In order that the people , after a long period of vexation and plun- der , may be in a condition to maintain government , government must begin by maintaining them . Here the road to ...
... regard all this raving as it ought to be regarded . In order that the people , after a long period of vexation and plun- der , may be in a condition to maintain government , government must begin by maintaining them . Here the road to ...
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