The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. ter . sent over to protect the people of India from these very abuses ( the best things being perverted , when applied to un- known objects and put into unsuitable situations ) —the very laws of England , by making the ...
Edmund Burke. ter . sent over to protect the people of India from these very abuses ( the best things being perverted , when applied to un- known objects and put into unsuitable situations ) —the very laws of England , by making the ...
Page 73
... sent for the express purpose of reforming it . The business I am going to enter into is commonly known by the name of the story of the three seals : it is to be found in the appendix , No. 10 , to the first report of the state and ...
... sent for the express purpose of reforming it . The business I am going to enter into is commonly known by the name of the story of the three seals : it is to be found in the appendix , No. 10 , to the first report of the state and ...
Page 77
... sent near half a mile to bring it . It was brought at length ; and the instrument of blood and treachery was completely executed . Three seals were set to it . This business of the three seals , by some means not quite fully explained ...
... sent near half a mile to bring it . It was brought at length ; and the instrument of blood and treachery was completely executed . Three seals were set to it . This business of the three seals , by some means not quite fully explained ...
Page 79
... sent charter . The purpose to be served by this declara- tion , if it had any purpose , was , that Captain Knox did not as- sent to the murder , and that therefore his evidence might be valid . The defence set up by Major Calliaud was ...
... sent charter . The purpose to be served by this declara- tion , if it had any purpose , was , that Captain Knox did not as- sent to the murder , and that therefore his evidence might be valid . The defence set up by Major Calliaud was ...
Page 85
... sent for Major Calliaud . All his objections vanish in an instant ; like that flash of lightning , every thing is instant . The Ma- jor agrees to perform his part . They send for Cossim Ally Cawn and Mr. Hastings , they open a treaty ...
... sent for Major Calliaud . All his objections vanish in an instant ; like that flash of lightning , every thing is instant . The Ma- jor agrees to perform his part . They send for Cossim Ally Cawn and Mr. Hastings , they open a treaty ...
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