The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... nature to exhibit to the Company . Having this object in view , Oude appears to have first presented itself to his notice , as a country from which some advan- tage of a pecuniary kind might be derived ; and ac- cordingly he turned in ...
... nature to exhibit to the Company . Having this object in view , Oude appears to have first presented itself to his notice , as a country from which some advan- tage of a pecuniary kind might be derived ; and ac- cordingly he turned in ...
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... nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the holders of jaghires , form the body of the prin- cipal Mahometan nobility . The great nobility of that country are divided into two parts . One part con- sists of the zemindars , who ...
... nature of these jaghires . The jaghire- dars , the holders of jaghires , form the body of the prin- cipal Mahometan nobility . The great nobility of that country are divided into two parts . One part con- sists of the zemindars , who ...
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... Nature to plead for the Na- bob's forbearance , and reduced them to a state of dependency and degradation . Now , supposing these two villanous plans , neither of which your Lordships can bear to hear the sound of , to stand equal in ...
... Nature to plead for the Na- bob's forbearance , and reduced them to a state of dependency and degradation . Now , supposing these two villanous plans , neither of which your Lordships can bear to hear the sound of , to stand equal in ...
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... natural feelings and principles of justice dragged him one way or dragged him another . Mr. Middleton , trembling , and under the awe of that dreadful responsibility under which your Lordships may remember Mr. Hastings had expressly ...
... natural feelings and principles of justice dragged him one way or dragged him another . Mr. Middleton , trembling , and under the awe of that dreadful responsibility under which your Lordships may remember Mr. Hastings had expressly ...
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... Nature and of hu- manity . If we send out obscure people , unknowing and unknown , to exercise such acts as these , I must say it is a bitter aggravation of the victim's suffer- ing . Oppression and robbery are at all times evils ; but ...
... Nature and of hu- manity . If we send out obscure people , unknowing and unknown , to exercise such acts as these , I must say it is a bitter aggravation of the victim's suffer- ing . Oppression and robbery are at all times evils ; but ...
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