The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... rank , and dignity than your Lordships , if you were to acquit this man , would strike against your own dignity , and the very being of the society in which we live . Your Lordships will find in your printed Minutes who the jaghiredars ...
... rank , and dignity than your Lordships , if you were to acquit this man , would strike against your own dignity , and the very being of the society in which we live . Your Lordships will find in your printed Minutes who the jaghiredars ...
Page 15
... rank , and of those who had all the ties of 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 ...
... rank , and of those who had all the ties of 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 ...
Page 25
... rank , render my re- marks unnecessary . I need not , therefore , ask what you feel , when a foreign resident at a prince's court takes upon himself to force that prince to act the part of a tyrant , and , upon his resistance , openly ...
... rank , render my re- marks unnecessary . I need not , therefore , ask what you feel , when a foreign resident at a prince's court takes upon himself to force that prince to act the part of a tyrant , and , upon his resistance , openly ...
Page 45
... rank usually have in that country , — gifts at marriage , & c . We know that there are deeds of gift by husbands to their wives during their lifetime , and many other legal means , by which women in Asia become possessed of very great ...
... rank usually have in that country , — gifts at marriage , & c . We know that there are deeds of gift by husbands to their wives during their lifetime , and many other legal means , by which women in Asia become possessed of very great ...
Page 47
... rank , quality , and character of the Princesses of Oude , or of either of them ? " - " The elder , or Munny Be- gum , was , says he , " a woman of high rank : she was , I believe , the daughter of Saadut Ali Khân , a person of high rank ...
... rank , quality , and character of the Princesses of Oude , or of either of them ? " - " The elder , or Munny Be- gum , was , says he , " a woman of high rank : she was , I believe , the daughter of Saadut Ali Khân , a person of high rank ...
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