The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 47
... woman of high rank : she was , I believe , the daughter of Saadut Ali Khân , a person of high rank in the time of Mahommed Shah . " " Do you know whether any woman in all Hindo- stan was considered of superior rank or birth ? " - He ...
... woman of high rank : she was , I believe , the daughter of Saadut Ali Khân , a person of high rank in the time of Mahommed Shah . " " Do you know whether any woman in all Hindo- stan was considered of superior rank or birth ? " - He ...
Page 49
... woman can come forward and head her own troops . We have not heard that any woman has done so since the time of Zenobia , in another part of the East ; and we know that in Persia no person can be- VOL . XII . hold the face of a woman of ...
... woman can come forward and head her own troops . We have not heard that any woman has done so since the time of Zenobia , in another part of the East ; and we know that in Persia no person can be- VOL . XII . hold the face of a woman of ...
Page 50
Edmund Burke. hold the face of a woman of rank , or speak to females of condition , but through a curtain : therefore they could not go out themselves , and be active in a rebel- lion . But , I own , it would be some sort of presump ...
Edmund Burke. hold the face of a woman of rank , or speak to females of condition , but through a curtain : therefore they could not go out themselves , and be active in a rebel- lion . But , I own , it would be some sort of presump ...
Page 56
... woman from her own house to an- other house without her consent is an outrage of the greatest atrocity , on account of which many women have not only threatened , but have actually put them- selves to death . Mr. Hastings himself , in ...
... woman from her own house to an- other house without her consent is an outrage of the greatest atrocity , on account of which many women have not only threatened , but have actually put them- selves to death . Mr. Hastings himself , in ...
Page 92
... woman , through respect to the British name , that name which guarantied her possessions to her , receives this Captain Gordon and Captain Williams with every mark of kindness , hospitality , and protec- tion , that could be given them ...
... woman , through respect to the British name , that name which guarantied her possessions to her , receives this Captain Gordon and Captain Williams with every mark of kindness , hospitality , and protec- tion , that could be given them ...
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