The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 341
... officers for the purposes of improving the discipline of his troops , collecting his revenues , and repressing disorder ... Colonel Hannay ; a man whose name will be bitterly and long remembered in India . This person , z 3 person , we ...
... officers for the purposes of improving the discipline of his troops , collecting his revenues , and repressing disorder ... Colonel Hannay ; a man whose name will be bitterly and long remembered in India . This person , z 3 person , we ...
Page 342
... Colonel Hannay is sent up by Mr. Hastings , and has the command of a brigade , of two regi- ments I think , given to him . Thus far all is apparently fair and easily understood ; but in this country we find every thing in masquerade and ...
... Colonel Hannay is sent up by Mr. Hastings , and has the command of a brigade , of two regi- ments I think , given to him . Thus far all is apparently fair and easily understood ; but in this country we find every thing in masquerade and ...
Page 343
... Colonel Hannay was actually farmer general of the countries of Barratch and Gur- ruckpore . We have proved upon your Minutes that Colonel Hannay was the only person pos- sessed of power in the country ; that there was no magistrate in ...
... Colonel Hannay was actually farmer general of the countries of Barratch and Gur- ruckpore . We have proved upon your Minutes that Colonel Hannay was the only person pos- sessed of power in the country ; that there was no magistrate in ...
Page 346
... Colonel Hannay was under the necessity of issuing orders against the unnatural sale and flight which his rapacity had occasioned . The prisoner's counsel have attempted to prove that this had been a common practice in that country ...
... Colonel Hannay was under the necessity of issuing orders against the unnatural sale and flight which his rapacity had occasioned . The prisoner's counsel have attempted to prove that this had been a common practice in that country ...
Page 347
... Colonel Hannay was obliged to put bars and guards to confine the inhabitants within the country ? We have seen , therefore , nature violated in its strongest principles . We have seen unlimited and arbi- trary exaction avowed on no ...
... Colonel Hannay was obliged to put bars and guards to confine the inhabitants within the country ? We have seen , therefore , nature violated in its strongest principles . We have seen unlimited and arbi- trary exaction avowed on no ...
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