The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. against him ; in justification of the covenants of the Company ; in justification of the Act of Parliament ? It was in his power to do it , it is in his power still ; and if it be brought before that Tribunal , to which I ...
Edmund Burke. against him ; in justification of the covenants of the Company ; in justification of the Act of Parliament ? It was in his power to do it , it is in his power still ; and if it be brought before that Tribunal , to which I ...
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... Company is clearly and indis- 66 putably seized of that sovereignty . If , there- fore , the sovereignty of Benares , as ceded to " us by the Vizier , have any rights whatever an- " nexed to it , ( and be not a mere empty word " without ...
... Company is clearly and indis- 66 putably seized of that sovereignty . If , there- fore , the sovereignty of Benares , as ceded to " us by the Vizier , have any rights whatever an- " nexed to it , ( and be not a mere empty word " without ...
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... Company against my " consent and opinion , ( for I acknowledge , " that even then I foresaw many difficulties " and inconveniences in its future exercise ; ) " I fear , I say , that this sovereignty will be " found a burden instead of a ...
... Company against my " consent and opinion , ( for I acknowledge , " that even then I foresaw many difficulties " and inconveniences in its future exercise ; ) " I fear , I say , that this sovereignty will be " found a burden instead of a ...
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... Company gave him any such power ; or that they had ever any such power to give . We even deny , that there exists in all the human race a power to make the government of any state dependent upon individual will we dis- claim , we reject ...
... Company gave him any such power ; or that they had ever any such power to give . We even deny , that there exists in all the human race a power to make the government of any state dependent upon individual will we dis- claim , we reject ...
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... Company's governour , exercised that will under the authority of this country . Remark , my Lords , his application of this doctrine . I would , he says , have kept Cheit Sing from the consequences of this dependence , by making him ...
... Company's governour , exercised that will under the authority of this country . Remark , my Lords , his application of this doctrine . I would , he says , have kept Cheit Sing from the consequences of this dependence , by making him ...
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