The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 61
... Bengal . It is easy to show of what nature his conquest was . It was over the last Mahomedan dynasty . He too , like his predecessor Tamer- lane , conquered the prince , not the country . It is a certain mark , that it was not a ...
... Bengal . It is easy to show of what nature his conquest was . It was over the last Mahomedan dynasty . He too , like his predecessor Tamer- lane , conquered the prince , not the country . It is a certain mark , that it was not a ...
Page 62
... Bengal . Five of these soubahs or viceroys governed from about the year 1717 , or thereabouts . They grew into independence partly by the calamities and concussions of that empire , which happened during the disputes for the succession ...
... Bengal . Five of these soubahs or viceroys governed from about the year 1717 , or thereabouts . They grew into independence partly by the calamities and concussions of that empire , which happened during the disputes for the succession ...
Page 63
... Bengal . He was co - existent with all the acts and monuments of that revolution , and had no small share in all the abuses of that abusive period , which preceded his actual government . But , as it was during that transit from eastern ...
... Bengal . He was co - existent with all the acts and monuments of that revolution , and had no small share in all the abuses of that abusive period , which preceded his actual government . But , as it was during that transit from eastern ...
Page 69
... Bengal was a mine much more easily worked , and infinitely more pro- ductive , than the mines of Potosi and Mexico ... Bengal . If ever there was a time , when Bengal should have had respite from internal revolutions , it was this . The ...
... Bengal was a mine much more easily worked , and infinitely more pro- ductive , than the mines of Potosi and Mexico ... Bengal . If ever there was a time , when Bengal should have had respite from internal revolutions , it was this . The ...
Page 70
... Bengal history , which had the most direct influence upon all the subsequent transactions . It introduces some of the per- sons , who were most active in the succeeding scenes , and from that time to this has given its tone and ...
... Bengal history , which had the most direct influence upon all the subsequent transactions . It introduces some of the per- sons , who were most active in the succeeding scenes , and from that time to this has given its tone and ...
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