The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... Begums , and to the whole family of the Nabob , but also to all the other objects of the tax . Before I proceed , I will beg leave to state to you briefly the nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the holders of jaghires , form ...
... Begums , and to the whole family of the Nabob , but also to all the other objects of the tax . Before I proceed , I will beg leave to state to you briefly the nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the holders of jaghires , form ...
Page 12
... Begums of Oude and several of the principal nobility of the Nabob's family , would have been secure . He , indeed , says that pensions shall be given them ; for at this time he had not got the length of violating , without shame or ...
... Begums of Oude and several of the principal nobility of the Nabob's family , would have been secure . He , indeed , says that pensions shall be given them ; for at this time he had not got the length of violating , without shame or ...
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... of the ministers . Your pleasure re- specting the Begums I have learnt from Sir Elijah , and the measure heretofore proposed will soon follow the resumption of the jaghires ; from both , or 18 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... of the ministers . Your pleasure re- specting the Begums I have learnt from Sir Elijah , and the measure heretofore proposed will soon follow the resumption of the jaghires ; from both , or 18 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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... Begums of their ill - employed treasures . In both services , it must be your care to prevent an abuse of the powers given to those that are employed in them . You yourself ought to be personally pres- ent . You must not allow any ...
... Begums of their ill - employed treasures . In both services , it must be your care to prevent an abuse of the powers given to those that are employed in them . You yourself ought to be personally pres- ent . You must not allow any ...
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... Be- gums . We know that neither the Company nor the Nabob had any claim whatever upon these treasures . On the ... Begums , is at a loss for some pre- tence of justifying the act . His first justification of it is on grounds which ...
... Be- gums . We know that neither the Company nor the Nabob had any claim whatever upon these treasures . On the ... Begums , is at a loss for some pre- tence of justifying the act . His first justification of it is on grounds which ...
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