| Edmund Burke - 1785 - 652 pages
...which he fen t by the refident, the concluding fentences being, — " Whatever may be your " pleafute, do it with your own " hands. I am your flave. What " occafion can there be for a «• guard ?" Succeeding letters foon followed Mr. Markham. Thefe were couched in terms of fiich extreme defpondency,... | |
| John Moir - 1786 - 524 pages
...fubmiffions he repeated in a letter to the govenorgeneral, which he concluded by faying, " What" ever may be your pleafure, do it with your own " hands. I am your flave. What occafion can " there be fora guard?" Other letters, replete with the fame defpondc-ncy, foon followed Mr. Markham. The governor-general's... | |
| Edmund Burke, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1786 - 334 pages
...taking away his life ; and in the firft of the faid petitions he did exprefs himfeif in this manner : '? Whatever may be your pleafure, do it with your " own hands, I am your flave. What pccafion can " there be for a guard !" And in the other, " my ho" nour was beftowcd upon me by your... | |
| 1786 - 494 pages
...Thefe fubmiffione he repeated in a letter to the governor-general, which he concluded by faying, • Whatever may be your pleafure, do it with your own hands. I am your Have. What occafion can there be for a guard !' Other letters, replete with the fame defpondency, foon... | |
| 1788 - 522 pages
...added degree of humiliation. He read the very anWling letter from Cheyt Sing, which concludes — " Whatever may be your pleafure, do it " with your own hands. — I am your Have. — " What occafion can there be for a guard ?" —Having mentioned the inefficacy of thefe applications,... | |
| William Belsham - 1795 - 382 pages
...fituation, furrounded by a guard of fepoys with their fwords drawn, he wrote to the Governor— " Whatever be your pleafure, do it with your own hands. I am your flave. What occafion can there be for a guard ? It depends on you alone to take away, or not to take away, the country out of my hands." The higheft... | |
| William Belsham - 1796 - 572 pages
...fituation, furrounded by a guard of fepoys with their fwords drawn, he wrote to the governor — " Whatever be your pleafure, do it with your own hands. I am your flave. What occafion can there be for agnard ? It depends on you alone to take away, or not to take away, the country out of my hands." The... | |
| 1800 - 632 pages
...he repeated them in a letter, which he fent by the relident, the concluding leniences being, — " Whatever may be your " pleafure, do it with your own " hands. I am your flave. What f occafion can there be for a " guard ?"Succeeding letters foon followed Mr. Markham. Thefe were couched... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1800 - 632 pages
...lie repeated them in a letter, which he fent by the relident, the concluding fentences being, — " Whatever may be your " pleafure, do it with your "own " hands. I am your Have. What " occalion can there be for a " guard ?" Succeeding letters foon followed Mr. Markham. 1'hefe... | |
| 1800 - 608 pages
...he repeated them in a letter, which he fent by the refident, the concluding fentences being, — " Whatever may be your " pleafure, do it with your own " hands.' I am your Have. What " occafion can there be for a "guard?" Succeeding letters foon followed Mr. Markham. Thefe... | |
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