The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1813 |
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... objects , the com- merce , is taken in two points of view , the external , or the direct trade between India and Europe ; and the inter- nal ; that is to say , the trade of Bengal in all the arti- cles of produce and manufacture , which ...
... objects , the com- merce , is taken in two points of view , the external , or the direct trade between India and Europe ; and the inter- nal ; that is to say , the trade of Bengal in all the arti- cles of produce and manufacture , which ...
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... objects : 1st . The reformation of the court of proprietors of the East India Company : Powers and ob- jects of act of 1773 . and the effects of . 2dly . A new model of the court of directors , and an there- enforcement of their ...
... objects : 1st . The reformation of the court of proprietors of the East India Company : Powers and ob- jects of act of 1773 . and the effects of . 2dly . A new model of the court of directors , and an there- enforcement of their ...
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... object of the policy of this act was to im- prove the constitution of the court of proprietors . In this case , as in almost all the rest , the remedy was not ap- plied directly to the disease . The complaint was , that factions in the ...
... object of the policy of this act was to im- prove the constitution of the court of proprietors . In this case , as in almost all the rest , the remedy was not ap- plied directly to the disease . The complaint was , that factions in the ...
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... object of a proprie- tor in a body so circumstanced . The East - India Com- pany is not , like the Bank of England ... objects required for their im- mense establishments ; those who were engaged in con- tracts 14 REPORT OF A COMMITTEE.
... object of a proprie- tor in a body so circumstanced . The East - India Com- pany is not , like the Bank of England ... objects required for their im- mense establishments ; those who were engaged in con- tracts 14 REPORT OF A COMMITTEE.
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... object of the act was the court of direc- rectors . tors . Under the arrangement of the year 1773 , that court appeared to have its authority much strengthened . It was made less dependent than formerly upon its con- stituents the ...
... object of the act was the court of direc- rectors . tors . Under the arrangement of the year 1773 , that court appeared to have its authority much strengthened . It was made less dependent than formerly upon its con- stituents the ...
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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.