The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1813 |
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... Demand of Five Thousand Horse , 419 424 436 501 520 540 548 569 . 571 577 580 587 589 Treaty of Chunar , Consequences of the Treaty of Chunar , Pecuniary commutation of the stipulated Aid , 597 602 606 Full vindication of Fyzoola Khan ...
... Demand of Five Thousand Horse , 419 424 436 501 520 540 548 569 . 571 577 580 587 589 Treaty of Chunar , Consequences of the Treaty of Chunar , Pecuniary commutation of the stipulated Aid , 597 602 606 Full vindication of Fyzoola Khan ...
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... demand was not ade- ver . quate to the reciprocal call of the European market for Indian goods , by a large annual ... demands of commerce bore down those speculative objections . The East India com- modities were so essential for ...
... demand was not ade- ver . quate to the reciprocal call of the European market for Indian goods , by a large annual ... demands of commerce bore down those speculative objections . The East India com- modities were so essential for ...
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... demand on the territorial fund , the cor- rectives and qualifications which might have been gradu- ally applied to the abuses in Indian commerce and gov- ernment , were rendered extremely difficult . To send it invest- The practice of ...
... demand on the territorial fund , the cor- rectives and qualifications which might have been gradu- ally applied to the abuses in Indian commerce and gov- ernment , were rendered extremely difficult . To send it invest- The practice of ...
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... demand for the wants or desires of the native inhabitants . When an account is taken of the intercourse ( for it is not commerce , ) which is carried on between Bengal and England , the pernicious effects of the system of invest- ment ...
... demand for the wants or desires of the native inhabitants . When an account is taken of the intercourse ( for it is not commerce , ) which is carried on between Bengal and England , the pernicious effects of the system of invest- ment ...
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... demands in England were to be avoided , at every expense to Bengal . 1 › The spirit of increasing the investment from revenue at any rate , and the resolution of driving all competitors , Europeans or natives , out of the market ...
... demands in England were to be avoided , at every expense to Bengal . 1 › The spirit of increasing the investment from revenue at any rate , and the resolution of driving all competitors , Europeans or natives , out of the market ...
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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.