The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 64
... present , is only to be considered , in this stage of the business , as merely illustra- tive . Your lordships are to expect , as undoubtedly you will require , substantial matter of crimination to be laid open for that purpose , at the ...
... present , is only to be considered , in this stage of the business , as merely illustra- tive . Your lordships are to expect , as undoubtedly you will require , substantial matter of crimination to be laid open for that purpose , at the ...
Page 70
... present possessour by every tie of publick faith , and every sacred obligation , which could bind or influence ... presents from all parties in those changes ; the vitiating and maiming the company's records ; the suppression of publick ...
... present possessour by every tie of publick faith , and every sacred obligation , which could bind or influence ... presents from all parties in those changes ; the vitiating and maiming the company's records ; the suppression of publick ...
Page 74
... present Mogul , who , as I have already stated , had made an irruption into the kingdom of Bahar , in order to reduce the lower provinces to his obedience . The parties opposing him were the nabob of Bengal , and the company's troops ...
... present Mogul , who , as I have already stated , had made an irruption into the kingdom of Bahar , in order to reduce the lower provinces to his obedience . The parties opposing him were the nabob of Bengal , and the company's troops ...
Page 79
... present or not : he thinks he was not there ; for that , if he had been there and acted as interpreter , he could not have forgot it . I think it is pretty nearly as I state it ; if I have fallen into any errour or inaccuracy it is ...
... present or not : he thinks he was not there ; for that , if he had been there and acted as interpreter , he could not have forgot it . I think it is pretty nearly as I state it ; if I have fallen into any errour or inaccuracy it is ...
Page 85
... present , and the succession . Every thing is put into his hands , and he is to make for it large concessions , which you will hear of afterwards , to the company . Cossim Ally Cawn proposed to Mr. Holwell , what would have been no bad ...
... present , and the succession . Every thing is put into his hands , and he is to make for it large concessions , which you will hear of afterwards , to the company . Cossim Ally Cawn proposed to Mr. Holwell , what would have been no bad ...
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