| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 562 pages
...British nation. XLlil.— " Sir,— The nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon tiu prisoners under your guard, this is to desire. that...come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permiited to do with them as they shail see proper, only taking care, that they leave them ahva}s under... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 660 pages
...and humanity of the British nation. " Sir, XLIII. " The nabob having determined to inflict cor" poral punishment upon the prisoners under your ' guard,...permitted to do with them as ' they shall see proper, only taking care, that ' they leave them always under your charge." XLIV. Mr. Johmon-s , ^ the saiiJ... | |
| American periodicals - 1842 - 654 pages
...Parliament this letter, written by a British resident to a British soldier : — " Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the...permitted to do with them as they shall see proper." While these barbaritics were perpetrated at Lucknow, the princesses were still under duresse at Fyzabad.... | |
| Edward Thornton - India - 1842 - 632 pages
...to the officer of CHAP. xii. the guard there by Mr. Johnson, the acting resident. " The Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the...permitted to do with them as they shall see proper ; only taking care that they leave them always under your charge." It is not clear whether the infliction... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...Parliament this letter, written by a British resident to a British soldier:— " Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the...permitted to do with them as they shall see proper." While these barbarities were perpetrated at Lucknow, the princesses were still under duresse at Fyzabad.... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 pages
...vealed the transaction to the coort « rectors ; but as it has been observedprisoners under your gnard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall...permitted to do with them as they shall see proper." While these things were doing at Lucknow, the imprisonment of the Begums and the semi-starvation of... | |
| Languages, Modern - 1872 - 500 pages
...resound with their ancient war-cry, Popolo; popolo; muoiano; tiranni. IV, 296: Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the...permitted to do with them as they shall see proper. VII, 111: When my honourable friend shall think it expedient to make a motion on that important subject,... | |
| James Mill - Hindus - 1848 - 604 pages
...assistant-resident to the commanding officer of the English guard, is a disgraceful proof. " Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the...to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them BOOK v. , „ ,. CHAP. 8. as they shall see proper. All the measures, however, of severity which could... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 640 pages
...disgrace to the honour, justice, and humanity of the British nation. XLIII. "Sir, " The nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the...permitted to do with them as they shall see proper, only taking care that they leave them always under your charge." XLIV. That the said Richard Johnson... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 968 pages
...the English guard, is a disgraceful proof. ' Sir,—The Nabob having determined to inflict corporeal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.'... | |
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