The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1813 |
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... given for the purpose of asserting and enforcing the legal authority of their own body over their own servants . The failure in this part of the reform of 1773 , is not stated by your committee as recommending a return to the ancient ...
... given for the purpose of asserting and enforcing the legal authority of their own body over their own servants . The failure in this part of the reform of 1773 , is not stated by your committee as recommending a return to the ancient ...
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... given to them , was , that they were to yield obedience to the orders of the court of directors . As to the court of directors itself , it was left with very little regulation . The custom of ballot , infinitely the most mischievous in ...
... given to them , was , that they were to yield obedience to the orders of the court of directors . As to the court of directors itself , it was left with very little regulation . The custom of ballot , infinitely the most mischievous in ...
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... given to their principal servants , it became impossi- ble for them to recover any degree of their ancient re- spect , even if they had not , in the mean time , been so modelled , as to be entirely free from all ambition of that sort ...
... given to their principal servants , it became impossi- ble for them to recover any degree of their ancient re- spect , even if they had not , in the mean time , been so modelled , as to be entirely free from all ambition of that sort ...
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... given by the act to the new governor gen- Par . 4 eral and council had for their direct object the kingdom Object of Bengal and its dependencies . Within that sphere ers to ( and it is not a small one ) their authority extended over all ...
... given by the act to the new governor gen- Par . 4 eral and council had for their direct object the kingdom Object of Bengal and its dependencies . Within that sphere ers to ( and it is not a small one ) their authority extended over all ...
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... given to prosecutions in parliament ; nothing was done to prevent complaint from being far more danger- ous to the sufferer than injustice to the oppressor . overt acts were fixed , upon which corruption should be presumed , in ...
... given to prosecutions in parliament ; nothing was done to prevent complaint from being far more danger- ous to the sufferer than injustice to the oppressor . overt acts were fixed , upon which corruption should be presumed , in ...
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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.