The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... direct proof before you , that the Nabob's being at Chunar , that his proceedings there , and that all his acts were so dictated , and consequently must be so construed . I shall now proceed to lay before your Lordships the acts of ...
... direct proof before you , that the Nabob's being at Chunar , that his proceedings there , and that all his acts were so dictated , and consequently must be so construed . I shall now proceed to lay before your Lordships the acts of ...
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... direct assurance of their rights in the jaghires , which right was guarantied by the British Resident , not only to the Begums , and to the whole family of the Nabob , but also to all the other objects of the tax . Before I proceed , I ...
... direct assurance of their rights in the jaghires , which right was guarantied by the British Resident , not only to the Begums , and to the whole family of the Nabob , but also to all the other objects of the tax . Before I proceed , I ...
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... direct breach of the late agreement , and totally reject the proposal as such ; and I must own to you , that , in his present fermented state of mind , I could expect nothing less than despair and a declared rupture . " He has by no ...
... direct breach of the late agreement , and totally reject the proposal as such ; and I must own to you , that , in his present fermented state of mind , I could expect nothing less than despair and a declared rupture . " He has by no ...
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... direct opposition to the wishes of that prince , what other conclusion could be drawn , but that they were sent to overawe , not to assist him ? The march of alien troops into a country upon that occasion could have no object but ...
... direct opposition to the wishes of that prince , what other conclusion could be drawn , but that they were sent to overawe , not to assist him ? The march of alien troops into a country upon that occasion could have no object but ...
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... direct that you assemble in Council twice every week , and that all the members be duly sum- moned ; that the correspondence with the princes or country powers in India be carried on by the Governor - General only , but that all letters ...
... direct that you assemble in Council twice every week , and that all the members be duly sum- moned ; that the correspondence with the princes or country powers in India be carried on by the Governor - General only , but that all letters ...
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