The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... resident , or from some one of that tribe of English gentlemen and English military collectors , who were placed in that country in the exercise of the most arbitrary powers , some intelligence which he could trust , if any rebellious ...
... resident , or from some one of that tribe of English gentlemen and English military collectors , who were placed in that country in the exercise of the most arbitrary powers , some intelligence which he could trust , if any rebellious ...
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... residents , through Mr. Graham , Mr. Fowke , Mr. Markham , Mr. Benn , concern- ing the affairs of that country . Did he ever , upon this al- leged contumacy ( for at present I put the rebellion out of the question ) , inquire the ...
... residents , through Mr. Graham , Mr. Fowke , Mr. Markham , Mr. Benn , concern- ing the affairs of that country . Did he ever , upon this al- leged contumacy ( for at present I put the rebellion out of the question ) , inquire the ...
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... resident , at Benares , and he had a private spy there in another person . The spies employed by the native powers had , by some means , come to the knowledge of Mr. Hastings's clandestine and wicked inten- tions towards this unhappy ...
... resident , at Benares , and he had a private spy there in another person . The spies employed by the native powers had , by some means , come to the knowledge of Mr. Hastings's clandestine and wicked inten- tions towards this unhappy ...
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... resident at Benares ( who ought to have been in the secret , if upon such an occasion secrecy is allowable ) ever knew what the terms were . The Rajah was in the dark ; he was left to feel , blindfold , how much money could relieve him ...
... resident at Benares ( who ought to have been in the secret , if upon such an occasion secrecy is allowable ) ever knew what the terms were . The Rajah was in the dark ; he was left to feel , blindfold , how much money could relieve him ...
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... resident at his court , and the vizier had a resident in Calcutta . The most solemn treaties had often been made without any governor - general carrying up a delegation of civil and military power . If it had been his object to break ...
... resident at his court , and the vizier had a resident in Calcutta . The most solemn treaties had often been made without any governor - general carrying up a delegation of civil and military power . If it had been his object to break ...
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