The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 90
... thought they saw corrupt negotiation carrying away the prizes of unlawful commerce , and were likely to see their trade crippled by Cossim Ally Cawn , fell into a most violent fury at this treaty ; and as the treaty was made without the ...
... thought they saw corrupt negotiation carrying away the prizes of unlawful commerce , and were likely to see their trade crippled by Cossim Ally Cawn , fell into a most violent fury at this treaty ; and as the treaty was made without the ...
Page 91
... thought , rather in the way of mortgage than any thing else . Then , under the name of compensation for sufferings to the people concerned in the trade , and in the name of donation to an army and a navy , which had little to do in this ...
... thought , rather in the way of mortgage than any thing else . Then , under the name of compensation for sufferings to the people concerned in the trade , and in the name of donation to an army and a navy , which had little to do in this ...
Page 92
... thought , that this revolution might have satisfied these gentlemen , and that the money gained by it would have been sufficient . No. The partisans of Cossim Ally wanted another revolution . The partisans of the other side wished to ...
... thought , that this revolution might have satisfied these gentlemen , and that the money gained by it would have been sufficient . No. The partisans of Cossim Ally wanted another revolution . The partisans of the other side wished to ...
Page 96
... thought it necessary at length to come to some system and some set- tlement . After composing their differences with lord Clive , they sent him out to that country about the year 1765 , in order , by his name , weight , authority , and ...
... thought it necessary at length to come to some system and some set- tlement . After composing their differences with lord Clive , they sent him out to that country about the year 1765 , in order , by his name , weight , authority , and ...
Page 101
... thought it necessary to supersede that com- mission to take the matter into their own hands , and to appoint another commission in a parliamentary way ( of which Mr. Hastings was one ) for the better government of that country . Mr ...
... thought it necessary to supersede that com- mission to take the matter into their own hands , and to appoint another commission in a parliamentary way ( of which Mr. Hastings was one ) for the better government of that country . Mr ...
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