The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Bell & Daldy, 1868 - Great Britain |
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... consider him as one of the few remain- ing chiefs , who were yet capable of coping with the Mahrattas ; and that it was the Company's true interest to preserve a good understanding with him . That by holding out such offers to the Rajah ...
... consider him as one of the few remain- ing chiefs , who were yet capable of coping with the Mahrattas ; and that it was the Company's true interest to preserve a good understanding with him . That by holding out such offers to the Rajah ...
Page 32
... considering them ( the Company ) as " the only power , in which he had con- fidence , and to which he could look up for protection . " III . That the said resident Middleton , and the said governor- general Hastings , did not , as they ...
... considering them ( the Company ) as " the only power , in which he had con- fidence , and to which he could look up for protection . " III . That the said resident Middleton , and the said governor- general Hastings , did not , as they ...
Page 73
... consider themselves as hereditary kings . Can I arrest this great potentate in his career of glory ? Am I blamable in recommending virtue and religion as the true foundation of all monarchies , because the protector of the three ...
... consider themselves as hereditary kings . Can I arrest this great potentate in his career of glory ? Am I blamable in recommending virtue and religion as the true foundation of all monarchies , because the protector of the three ...
Page 94
... consider as a large farm , though I know there are larger , cannot proceed , with any degree of safety and effect , with a smaller capital than ten thousand pounds : and that he cannot , in the ordinary course of culture , make more ...
... consider as a large farm , though I know there are larger , cannot proceed , with any degree of safety and effect , with a smaller capital than ten thousand pounds : and that he cannot , in the ordinary course of culture , make more ...
Page 100
... consider that years of scarcity or plenty do not come alternately , or at short intervals , but in pretty long cycles and irregularly , and consequently that we cannot assure ourselves , if we take a wrong measure , from the tem- porary ...
... consider that years of scarcity or plenty do not come alternately , or at short intervals , but in pretty long cycles and irregularly , and consequently that we cannot assure ourselves , if we take a wrong measure , from the tem- porary ...
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