The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... pretends fully , perfectly , and entirely to represent the sovereign of this country , and to exercise legislative , executive , and judicial authority with as large and broad a sway as his Majesty , acting with the consent of the two ...
... pretends fully , perfectly , and entirely to represent the sovereign of this country , and to exercise legislative , executive , and judicial authority with as large and broad a sway as his Majesty , acting with the consent of the two ...
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... pretended to seize upon his forts , it was in full conviction that a dependent on the Company , guaranteed , maintained , and protected in his country by the Company's arms , had no occasion for forts ; had no right to them , and could ...
... pretended to seize upon his forts , it was in full conviction that a dependent on the Company , guaranteed , maintained , and protected in his country by the Company's arms , had no occasion for forts ; had no right to them , and could ...
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... pretended could be held for none but suspicious and rebellious purposes . " At the time Mr. Hastings was going to Benares , he de- sired me to give him an account in writing of any lands which , though properly belonging to the Subah of ...
... pretended could be held for none but suspicious and rebellious purposes . " At the time Mr. Hastings was going to Benares , he de- sired me to give him an account in writing of any lands which , though properly belonging to the Subah of ...
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... pretended usurpation . " : These vouchers will answer our purpose , fully to establish that in his opinion the claim of the English government upon those forts was at that time totally unfounded , and so absurd that he did not even dare ...
... pretended usurpation . " : These vouchers will answer our purpose , fully to establish that in his opinion the claim of the English government upon those forts was at that time totally unfounded , and so absurd that he did not even dare ...
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... pretends that the Rajah suffered no disgrace from his arrest . But , my lords , we have proved what was stated by the Rajah , and was well known to Mr. Hastings , that to im- prison a person of elevated station , in that country , is to ...
... pretends that the Rajah suffered no disgrace from his arrest . But , my lords , we have proved what was stated by the Rajah , and was well known to Mr. Hastings , that to im- prison a person of elevated station , in that country , is to ...
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