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... facts relative to the debts were so notorious , the opinion of their being a principal source of the disorders of the British government in India was so undisputed and universal , that there was no party , no description of men in ...
... facts relative to the debts were so notorious , the opinion of their being a principal source of the disorders of the British government in India was so undisputed and universal , that there was no party , no description of men in ...
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... fact , that for the interiour regula- tion of India , a minute knowledge of India is requi- site . But , on any specifick matter of delinquency in its government , you are as capable of judging , as if the same thing were done at your ...
... fact , that for the interiour regula- tion of India , a minute knowledge of India is requi- site . But , on any specifick matter of delinquency in its government , you are as capable of judging , as if the same thing were done at your ...
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... facts , false colours , false names of persons and things , are its whole support . Sir , I mean to follow the right honourable gentle- man over that field of deception , clearing what he has purposely obscured , and fairly stating what ...
... facts , false colours , false names of persons and things , are its whole support . Sir , I mean to follow the right honourable gentle- man over that field of deception , clearing what he has purposely obscured , and fairly stating what ...
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... fact , without any exception , that he has alleged in defence of this loan , and of his own conduct with regard to it . I will show you that this debt was never con- * Mr. Dundas . tracted with the knowledge of the company ; that it 24 ...
... fact , without any exception , that he has alleged in defence of this loan , and of his own conduct with regard to it . I will show you that this debt was never con- * Mr. Dundas . tracted with the knowledge of the company ; that it 24 ...
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... fact , as I shall state it to you . In the accumulation of this debt , the first interest paid was from thirty to thirty - six per cent . it was then brought down to twenty - five per cent . at length it was reduced to twenty ; and ...
... fact , as I shall state it to you . In the accumulation of this debt , the first interest paid was from thirty to thirty - six per cent . it was then brought down to twenty - five per cent . at length it was reduced to twenty ; and ...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary, with Prefatory Remarks, Band 3 Nathaniel 1780-1853 Ed Chapman Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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accusation act of parliament amount annual attorney authority Benfield bill British called Carnatick Catholicks cause cent character charge committee conduct consider consolidated fund constitution corrupt court of directors creditors criminal danger debt defence duty election enemies England errour executive fact favour fund gentlemen give guilty Hastings hath high bailiff honest house of commons Hyder Ali impeachment India interest Ireland judge jury justice king kingdom kingdom of Ireland legislative body libel liberty lord lord Macartney Madras means measure ment merits millions ministers nabob of Arcot National Assembly nature never object obliged opinion oppression parliament peace person present prince principles prosecution publick punishment question revenue right honourable gentleman Rowan scrutiny soucars Spanish armament spirit supposed Tanjore taxes thing thought thousand pounds tion trust usury verdict veto vote whole wish
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Seite ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, « An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.
Seite ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 173 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced. No matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him. No matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down. No matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery. The 'first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust...
Seite 51 - Ali and his more ferocious son, absolve themselves of their impious vow, that when the British armies traversed, as they did, the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the whole line of their march they did not see one man, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed beast of any description whatever. One dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region.
Seite 239 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Seite 49 - ... and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind. He resolved, in the gloomy recesses of a mind capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance ; and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together was no protection.
Seite 50 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc.
Seite 234 - I did not obey your instructions: No. I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained your interest, against your opinions, with a constancy that became me. A representative worthy of you ought to be a person of stability. I am to look, indeed, to your opinions; but to such opinions as you and I must have five years hence.
Seite 50 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Seite 318 - ... possession, peace ; if I have joined in reconciling kings to their subjects, and subjects to their prince; if I have assisted to loosen the foreign holdings of the citizen, and taught him to look for his protection to the laws of his country, and for his comfort to the good-will of...