The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Speeches and correspondenceG. Bell & sons, 1889 |
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... province , that relief is now applied for : exiled and undone princes , extensive tribes , suffering nations , infinite descriptions of men , different in language , in manners , and in rites - men , separated by every barrier of nature ...
... province , that relief is now applied for : exiled and undone princes , extensive tribes , suffering nations , infinite descriptions of men , different in language , in manners , and in rites - men , separated by every barrier of nature ...
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... provincial council , whilst the provincial councils existed , and even down to the minutest ramification of their service . These books , in a progression from the lowest councils to the highest presidency , are ordered to be ...
... provincial council , whilst the provincial councils existed , and even down to the minutest ramification of their service . These books , in a progression from the lowest councils to the highest presidency , are ordered to be ...
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... provinces , at last he comes to the province of Burdwan . " In truth ( says this author ) , it would be almost cruelty to molest this happy people ; for in this district are the only vestiges of the beauty , purity , piety , regularity ...
... provinces , at last he comes to the province of Burdwan . " In truth ( says this author ) , it would be almost cruelty to molest this happy people ; for in this district are the only vestiges of the beauty , purity , piety , regularity ...
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... provinces , at last he comes to the province of Burdwan . " In truth ( says this author ) , it would be almost cruelty to molest this happy people ; for in this district are the only vestiges of the beauty , purity , piety , regularity ...
... provinces , at last he comes to the province of Burdwan . " In truth ( says this author ) , it would be almost cruelty to molest this happy people ; for in this district are the only vestiges of the beauty , purity , piety , regularity ...
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... province , with which he was concerned , until it was finally to be de- stroyed by Mr. Hastings . My lords , I have gone through all the eras precedent to those of the British power in India , and am come to the first of those eras . Mr ...
... province , with which he was concerned , until it was finally to be de- stroyed by Mr. Hastings . My lords , I have gone through all the eras precedent to those of the British power in India , and am come to the first of those eras . Mr ...
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