The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1813 |
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Page 159
... resident to raise an im- mediate supply on the credit of the company , to be re- paid from the first receipts . From hence your commit- tee conclude that the monthly payments had not been regularly made ; and that whatever distresses ...
... resident to raise an im- mediate supply on the credit of the company , to be re- paid from the first receipts . From hence your commit- tee conclude that the monthly payments had not been regularly made ; and that whatever distresses ...
Page 160
... resident in Calcutta , a charge of five per cent . on the sale in England of the investment formed upon their second plan , namely , that plan which had been communicated to Lord Macartney . The in- vestment on this plan is stated to be ...
... resident in Calcutta , a charge of five per cent . on the sale in England of the investment formed upon their second plan , namely , that plan which had been communicated to Lord Macartney . The in- vestment on this plan is stated to be ...
Page 179
... resident at Benares , and who has also an house at Calcutta ; he is called Gopâl Dâs . The nego- tiation of these bills tended to make a discovery not so difficult as it would have been in other cases . With re- gard to the application ...
... resident at Benares , and who has also an house at Calcutta ; he is called Gopâl Dâs . The nego- tiation of these bills tended to make a discovery not so difficult as it would have been in other cases . With re- gard to the application ...
Page 180
... resident ) that when he shall have examined my re- ceipts and expenses , he may take whatever remains . As I know it to be my duty to satisfy you , the company and council , I have not failed to obey in any instance ; but requested of ...
... resident ) that when he shall have examined my re- ceipts and expenses , he may take whatever remains . As I know it to be my duty to satisfy you , the company and council , I have not failed to obey in any instance ; but requested of ...
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... resident at the Durbar . 1st . Was any application made to you for the account , which you have delivered of three lacks of rupees , said to have been paid to the governor and Mr. Middleton , or did you deliver the account of your own ...
... resident at the Durbar . 1st . Was any application made to you for the account , which you have delivered of three lacks of rupees , said to have been paid to the governor and Mr. Middleton , or did you deliver the account of your own ...
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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.