The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1813 |
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... matters only , which are not comprehended in the report of the com- mittee of secrecy . Under these heads , your committee refer to the most leading particulars of abuse , which pre- vail in the administration of India ; deviating only ...
... matters only , which are not comprehended in the report of the com- mittee of secrecy . Under these heads , your committee refer to the most leading particulars of abuse , which pre- vail in the administration of India ; deviating only ...
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... matter to lay before parliament from time to time , according as the state of things should render regulation or animadversion necessary . The first object of the policy of this act was to im- prove the constitution of the court of ...
... matter to lay before parliament from time to time , according as the state of things should render regulation or animadversion necessary . The first object of the policy of this act was to im- prove the constitution of the court of ...
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... matter of surprise to your com- mittee , that the general court , so composed , has at length grown to such a degree of contempt , both of its duty and of the permanent interest of the whole corporation , as to put itself into open ...
... matter of surprise to your com- mittee , that the general court , so composed , has at length grown to such a degree of contempt , both of its duty and of the permanent interest of the whole corporation , as to put itself into open ...
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... matter of the voluminous reports of two of your committees . If any doubt , however , remains concerning the cause of this fatal decline of the authority of the court of directors , no doubt whatsoever can remain of the fact itself ...
... matter of the voluminous reports of two of your committees . If any doubt , however , remains concerning the cause of this fatal decline of the authority of the court of directors , no doubt whatsoever can remain of the fact itself ...
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... matter at least strongly urging of hisap- them to a suspension of this appointment , until the ment . charges against Mr. Stuart should be fully cleared up . That matter remained ( as it still remains ) unexplained from the month of May ...
... matter at least strongly urging of hisap- them to a suspension of this appointment , until the ment . charges against Mr. Stuart should be fully cleared up . That matter remained ( as it still remains ) unexplained from the month of May ...
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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.