The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... whose dominions they were chiefly conversant particularly that great charter , by which , in the year 1766 , they acquired the high stewardship of the : kingdoms of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . Under OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 25.
... whose dominions they were chiefly conversant particularly that great charter , by which , in the year 1766 , they acquired the high stewardship of the : kingdoms of Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . Under OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 25.
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... Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . By that charter they bound themselves ( and bound inclusively all their ser- vants ) to perform all the duties belonging to that new office , and to be held by all the ties belonging to that new rela- tion ...
... Bengal , Bahar , and Orissa . By that charter they bound themselves ( and bound inclusively all their ser- vants ) to perform all the duties belonging to that new office , and to be held by all the ties belonging to that new rela- tion ...
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... Bengal in their hands . Through them he has taken effectual security against all complaint . Your lordships will hence discern how very necessary it is become , that some other personage should intervene , should take upon him their ...
... Bengal in their hands . Through them he has taken effectual security against all complaint . Your lordships will hence discern how very necessary it is become , that some other personage should intervene , should take upon him their ...
Page 55
... Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes what the country is capable of yielding ; and his project is to change entirely the application of the revenues of the country ...
... Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what they then paid to the supreme government ; he supposes what the country is capable of yielding ; and his project is to change entirely the application of the revenues of the country ...
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... Bengal , which is the prin- cipal object of our present inquiry . They held that king- dom , for a long series of years , under a dynasty of thirty- three kings ; having begun their conquest , and founded their dominion in Bengal , not ...
... Bengal , which is the prin- cipal object of our present inquiry . They held that king- dom , for a long series of years , under a dynasty of thirty- three kings ; having begun their conquest , and founded their dominion in Bengal , not ...
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