The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 17
... consequence of this tyrannical act , and refers the case back to Mr. Hastings , who insists upon its being executed in its utmost extent . The Nabob again remonstrates in the strongest manner ; he begs , he prays , he dissembles , he ...
... consequence of this tyrannical act , and refers the case back to Mr. Hastings , who insists upon its being executed in its utmost extent . The Nabob again remonstrates in the strongest manner ; he begs , he prays , he dissembles , he ...
Page 19
... consequence determine , in my own justification , to issue immediately the purwannahs , which had only been withheld in the sanguine hope that he would be prevailed upon to make that his own act , which nothing but the most urgent ...
... consequence determine , in my own justification , to issue immediately the purwannahs , which had only been withheld in the sanguine hope that he would be prevailed upon to make that his own act , which nothing but the most urgent ...
Page 20
... consequences which would be too likely to result from the prosecution of a measure of such impor- tance without his concurrence . His Excellency talks of going to Fyzabad , for the purpose heretofore men- tioned , in three or four days ...
... consequences which would be too likely to result from the prosecution of a measure of such impor- tance without his concurrence . His Excellency talks of going to Fyzabad , for the purpose heretofore men- tioned , in three or four days ...
Page 22
... consequences , that I have not only taken upon me to suspend the commu- nication of it to the Nabob until I should be honored with your further commands , but have also ventured to write the inclosed letter to Colonel Morgan : liber ...
... consequences , that I have not only taken upon me to suspend the commu- nication of it to the Nabob until I should be honored with your further commands , but have also ventured to write the inclosed letter to Colonel Morgan : liber ...
Page 59
... consequence of which I desired them to be ready , at the shortest no- tice , to proceed to Lucknow , and explained to them every particular contained in your letter of the 1st instant respecting them . " Yesterday morning I sent for ...
... consequence of which I desired them to be ready , at the shortest no- tice , to proceed to Lucknow , and explained to them every particular contained in your letter of the 1st instant respecting them . " Yesterday morning I sent for ...
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