Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Том 3Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 |
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... prince owed the establishment of his govern- ment , against the claims of his elder brother , as well as those of other competitors , to the arms and in- fluence of the British East India company . Being thus established in a ...
... prince owed the establishment of his govern- ment , against the claims of his elder brother , as well as those of other competitors , to the arms and in- fluence of the British East India company . Being thus established in a ...
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... prince deposed and imprisoned , by the company's servants , in- fluenced by the intrigues of the latter , and for the purpose of paying his pretended debts . The com- pany had , in the year 1775 , ordered a restoration of the rajah to ...
... prince deposed and imprisoned , by the company's servants , in- fluenced by the intrigues of the latter , and for the purpose of paying his pretended debts . The com- pany had , in the year 1775 , ordered a restoration of the rajah to ...
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... ministry has thought fit to provide for- the grand debtor - the nabob of Arcot himself . Hear that prince , in the letter written to the court of direc- tors , at the precise period , whilst the main NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 21.
... ministry has thought fit to provide for- the grand debtor - the nabob of Arcot himself . Hear that prince , in the letter written to the court of direc- tors , at the precise period , whilst the main NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 21.
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... prince chooses it , nobody can tell his story better . Excuse me , if I apply again to my book , and give it you from the first hand ; from the nabob himself . " Mr. Stratton became acquainted with this , and got Mr. Taylor and others ...
... prince chooses it , nobody can tell his story better . Excuse me , if I apply again to my book , and give it you from the first hand ; from the nabob himself . " Mr. Stratton became acquainted with this , and got Mr. Taylor and others ...
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... detection ? Will the nabob ? But the right honourable gentleman has himself this mo- ment told us , that no prince of the country can by any motive be prevailed upon to discover any fraud that is NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 41.
... detection ? Will the nabob ? But the right honourable gentleman has himself this mo- ment told us , that no prince of the country can by any motive be prevailed upon to discover any fraud that is NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 41.
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