The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 71
... thought an hour was not to be lost in accomplishing a revo- lution , and selling the reigning nabob . My lords , there was in the house of Meer Jaffier , in his court , and in his family , a man of an intriguing , crafty , subtle , and ...
... thought an hour was not to be lost in accomplishing a revo- lution , and selling the reigning nabob . My lords , there was in the house of Meer Jaffier , in his court , and in his family , a man of an intriguing , crafty , subtle , and ...
Page 72
Edmund Burke. conclusively . The select committee thought otherwise . Be- tween these litigant parties for power I ... thought two things necessary : first , not wholly to destroy the scheme , which he tells us he But always approved ...
Edmund Burke. conclusively . The select committee thought otherwise . Be- tween these litigant parties for power I ... thought two things necessary : first , not wholly to destroy the scheme , which he tells us he But always approved ...
Page 76
... son for his reward for this meritorious action , and thought better of English honour and fidelity in such delicate cases , he required , that Major Calliaud should set his seal to the agreement . 76 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... son for his reward for this meritorious action , and thought better of English honour and fidelity in such delicate cases , he required , that Major Calliaud should set his seal to the agreement . 76 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 80
... thought it necessary , he says , to quiet the fears of the nabob ; and from this motive he did an act abhorrent to his nature , and which , he says , he expressed his abhorrence of the morning after he signed it : not that he did so ...
... thought it necessary , he says , to quiet the fears of the nabob ; and from this motive he did an act abhorrent to his nature , and which , he says , he expressed his abhorrence of the morning after he signed it : not that he did so ...
Page 87
... thought fit to follow , and which he thought would justify him in the conduct he has pursued . This Cossim Ally Cawn , after he had acted the tyrant on the landed interest , fell up- on the monied interest . In that country there was a ...
... thought fit to follow , and which he thought would justify him in the conduct he has pursued . This Cossim Ally Cawn , after he had acted the tyrant on the landed interest , fell up- on the monied interest . In that country there was a ...
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