The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1813 |
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... conduct , by which the natives of all ranks and orders have been re- duced to their present state of depression and misery . Your committee have endeavoured to perform this task in plain and popular language , knowing that nothing has ...
... conduct , by which the natives of all ranks and orders have been re- duced to their present state of depression and misery . Your committee have endeavoured to perform this task in plain and popular language , knowing that nothing has ...
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... conduct and maxims of the company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British authority : and next , the proceedings with regard to those native powers , which are wholly inde- pendent of the ...
... conduct and maxims of the company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British authority : and next , the proceedings with regard to those native powers , which are wholly inde- pendent of the ...
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... conduct of the directors and servants , and to watch over the execution of all parts of the act ; that they might be furnished with matter to lay before parliament from time to time , according as the state of things should render ...
... conduct of the directors and servants , and to watch over the execution of all parts of the act ; that they might be furnished with matter to lay before parliament from time to time , according as the state of things should render ...
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... conduct , a very ordinary neglect in the court of directors might easily defeat it , and a short remission might in this par- ticular operate as a total indemnity . In fact , however , the servants have of late seldom attempted a seat ...
... conduct , a very ordinary neglect in the court of directors might easily defeat it , and a short remission might in this par- ticular operate as a total indemnity . In fact , however , the servants have of late seldom attempted a seat ...
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... conduct of this court before them ; and they have not yet been able to discover very few instances ( not one that appears to them of leading importance ) of relief given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British ...
... conduct of this court before them ; and they have not yet been able to discover very few instances ( not one that appears to them of leading importance ) of relief given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British ...
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affairs aforesaid agent amount appear appointed assert authority Barwell Begum Bengal Berar Bristow British Calcutta charge Chunar Clavering committee company's complaint conduct consequence contract corrupt coun council court of directors criminal declared demand Dowla duty East India company effect engagements English Esquire expense Farruckabad favour Fort William Fyzabad given governor honour Hyder Beg inquiry instructions investment jaghires justice Khân lacks of rupees letter Lucknow Mahomed Reza Khan Mahrattas manner means measure ment Middleton minister mogul monopoly Munny Begum Nabob Fyzoola Khan nabob of Oude natives opinion opium oppression orders paid payment person possession pounds sterling present pretended prince principles proceedings proposed province purpose ranna received ren Hastings resident revenue Scindia sent servants Sir Eyre Coote Sir John Clavering Sulivan taken thereof thousand pounds tings tion trade transaction treaty troops vizier Warren Hastings whole zemindary
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Page 316 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.
Page 336 - I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language, in saying, that the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs and the promise of redress, with the denunciation of punishment before trial, and even before accusation.
Page 569 - An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Page 162 - Orissa, and to report the same, as it shall appear to them, to the House...
Page 597 - Vizier, he be permitted, when time shall suit, to resume his lands, and pay him in money, through the Resident, the amount stipulated by treaty, after deducting the amount and charges of the troops he stands engaged to furnish by treaty ; which amount shall be passed to the account of the Company during the continuance of the present war.
Page 327 - I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the prisoners. The quivering lips, with the tears of joy stealing down the poor men's cheeks, was a scene truly affecting. LXVIII. " If the prayers of these poor men will avail, you will, at the LAST TEUMP ! be translated to the happiest regions in heaven.