The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 72
... gave such powerful , solid , and satis- factory reasons , not against the delay , but the very merits of the design itself , exposing the injustice , and the danger of it , and the impossibility of mending by it their condition in any ...
... gave such powerful , solid , and satis- factory reasons , not against the delay , but the very merits of the design itself , exposing the injustice , and the danger of it , and the impossibility of mending by it their condition in any ...
Page 85
... gave the nabob over to an intending mur- derer , and delivered his person , treasure , and every thing into his hands , Cossim Ally Cawn might have had no great reason to complain of being left to the execution of his own projects in ...
... gave the nabob over to an intending mur- derer , and delivered his person , treasure , and every thing into his hands , Cossim Ally Cawn might have had no great reason to complain of being left to the execution of his own projects in ...
Page 87
... gave obligations , which are known by the name of Jeeps- ( the Indian vocabulary will by degrees be- come familiar to your lordships , as we develope the modes and customs of the country . ) As soon as he had done this , he began to ...
... gave obligations , which are known by the name of Jeeps- ( the Indian vocabulary will by degrees be- come familiar to your lordships , as we develope the modes and customs of the country . ) As soon as he had done this , he began to ...
Page 94
... gave way under the oppression of this relief , and he died , leaving children and grand - children by wives and concubines . On the old nabob's death Mahomed Reza Cawn was acknowledged deputy nabob , the money paid , and this revolution ...
... gave way under the oppression of this relief , and he died , leaving children and grand - children by wives and concubines . On the old nabob's death Mahomed Reza Cawn was acknowledged deputy nabob , the money paid , and this revolution ...
Page 96
... gave rise to it , was following it in all its progress ; the company , my lords , alarmed not only for their acquisi- tions but their existence , and finding themselves sinking lower and lower by every victory they obtained , thought it ...
... gave rise to it , was following it in all its progress ; the company , my lords , alarmed not only for their acquisi- tions but their existence , and finding themselves sinking lower and lower by every victory they obtained , thought it ...
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