The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... establishment of a military power in the dominions of this crown , without consent of the British legislature , 1 contrary to the policy of the constitution , contrary to the declaration of right : and by this your liberties are swept ...
... establishment of a military power in the dominions of this crown , without consent of the British legislature , 1 contrary to the policy of the constitution , contrary to the declaration of right : and by this your liberties are swept ...
Page 85
... found proper to convert their commanding officers into farmers of revenue . Thus between the well - paid civil , and well - rewarded military establishment , the situation of the natives may be easily conjectured . The.
... found proper to convert their commanding officers into farmers of revenue . Thus between the well - paid civil , and well - rewarded military establishment , the situation of the natives may be easily conjectured . The.
Page 90
... establishment , from the lands assigned as dower , and from the treasures which he left to these matrons , in trust for the whole family . So far as to the objects of the spoil . The instrument chosen by Mr. Hastings to despoil the ...
... establishment , from the lands assigned as dower , and from the treasures which he left to these matrons , in trust for the whole family . So far as to the objects of the spoil . The instrument chosen by Mr. Hastings to despoil the ...
Page 102
... establishment to maintain , scarcely commands the means of a bare subsistence . ' This is a true and unexaggerated picture , not only of Farruckabad , but of at least three - fourths of the country which we possess , or rather lay waste ...
... establishment to maintain , scarcely commands the means of a bare subsistence . ' This is a true and unexaggerated picture , not only of Farruckabad , but of at least three - fourths of the country which we possess , or rather lay waste ...
Page 110
... establishment . In one of the usual freaks of legislation of the council of Bengal , the whole criminal jurisdiction of these courts , called the Phoujdary Judicature , exercised till then by the principal Mussul- men , was in one day ...
... establishment . In one of the usual freaks of legislation of the council of Bengal , the whole criminal jurisdiction of these courts , called the Phoujdary Judicature , exercised till then by the principal Mussul- men , was in one day ...
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