The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 71
Edmund Burke. of the provinces of Bengal and Bahar , upon both which he made some impression . This alarmed the new powers , the nabob Meer Jaffier , and the presidency of Calcutta ; and as in a common cause , and by the terms of their ...
Edmund Burke. of the provinces of Bengal and Bahar , upon both which he made some impression . This alarmed the new powers , the nabob Meer Jaffier , and the presidency of Calcutta ; and as in a common cause , and by the terms of their ...
Page 74
... provinces to his obedience . The parties opposing him were the nabob of Bengal , and the company's troops under Major Calliaud . It was whilst they faced the common enemy as one body , this negotiation for the destruction of the nabob ...
... provinces to his obedience . The parties opposing him were the nabob of Bengal , and the company's troops under Major Calliaud . It was whilst they faced the common enemy as one body , this negotiation for the destruction of the nabob ...
Page 85
... provinces , maritime , or nearly maritime , Burdwan , Mid- napore , and Chittagong , were to be dissevered from the sou- bah and to be ceded to the company . There were other VOL . VII . 11 minor stipulations , which it is not necessary ...
... provinces , maritime , or nearly maritime , Burdwan , Mid- napore , and Chittagong , were to be dissevered from the sou- bah and to be ceded to the company . There were other VOL . VII . 11 minor stipulations , which it is not necessary ...
Page 87
... provinces , that were left to him , to get as much from them as should compensate him for the revenues of those great provinces he had lost ; and accordingly he began a scene of extortion , horrible , nefari- ous , without precedent or ...
... provinces , that were left to him , to get as much from them as should compensate him for the revenues of those great provinces he had lost ; and accordingly he began a scene of extortion , horrible , nefari- ous , without precedent or ...
Page 88
... province of Bahar a man nam- ed Ramarain ; he had got the most positive assurances of English faith ; but Mr. Macguire , a member of the council , on the receipt of 5,000 gold mohors , or something more than 8,000l . sterling ...
... province of Bahar a man nam- ed Ramarain ; he had got the most positive assurances of English faith ; but Mr. Macguire , a member of the council , on the receipt of 5,000 gold mohors , or something more than 8,000l . sterling ...
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