The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 114
... Rajah Cheit Sing or to punish him ? No , not a word . Did he , my Lords , at the eve of his departure from Calcutta , when he communicated his intention of taking 500,000l . which he calls a fine or penalty , from the Rajah , did he ...
... Rajah Cheit Sing or to punish him ? No , not a word . Did he , my Lords , at the eve of his departure from Calcutta , when he communicated his intention of taking 500,000l . which he calls a fine or penalty , from the Rajah , did he ...
Page 115
... Rajah of Berar , his own confidential friend ; a person whom he took out of the service of his master , and to whom he gave a jaghire in this very zemindary of Benares . This man so attached to Mr. Hastings , so knowing in all the ...
... Rajah of Berar , his own confidential friend ; a person whom he took out of the service of his master , and to whom he gave a jaghire in this very zemindary of Benares . This man so attached to Mr. Hastings , so knowing in all the ...
Page 116
... Rajah's supposed intrigues with the Nabob of Oude , this man was an actual prisoner of Mr. Hastings , and nothing else ; a mere vas- sal , as he says himself , in effect and substance , though not in name . Can any one believe or think ...
... Rajah's supposed intrigues with the Nabob of Oude , this man was an actual prisoner of Mr. Hastings , and nothing else ; a mere vas- sal , as he says himself , in effect and substance , though not in name . Can any one believe or think ...
Page 117
... Rajah's property , his honour , or his life , could be safe ? Was he to seek refuge with the Mahrattas , who , though Gentoos like himself , had reduced every nation which they subdued , except those who were originally of their own ...
... Rajah's property , his honour , or his life , could be safe ? Was he to seek refuge with the Mahrattas , who , though Gentoos like himself , had reduced every nation which they subdued , except those who were originally of their own ...
Page 118
... Rajah's " treasures or of deposing him . And certainly " at the time when I did form the design of " making the punishment , that his former ill " conduct deserved , subservient to the exi- " gencies of the state , by a large fine , I ...
... Rajah's " treasures or of deposing him . And certainly " at the time when I did form the design of " making the punishment , that his former ill " conduct deserved , subservient to the exi- " gencies of the state , by a large fine , I ...
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