The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 16
... believe your lordships , and I believe the world , will be astonished that so much , so clear , so solid , and so conclusive evidence of all kinds has been obtained against him . I have no doubt that in nine instances in ten the ...
... believe your lordships , and I believe the world , will be astonished that so much , so clear , so solid , and so conclusive evidence of all kinds has been obtained against him . I have no doubt that in nine instances in ten the ...
Strana 51
... believe , with the end of the fourteenth century . Thinking the mere fact as of little mo- ment , and its chronology as nothing , but thinking the policy very material , which , indeed , is to be collected only here and there , in ...
... believe , with the end of the fourteenth century . Thinking the mere fact as of little mo- ment , and its chronology as nothing , but thinking the policy very material , which , indeed , is to be collected only here and there , in ...
Strana 59
... believe , to the direct will of the prince , but , what will always happen when the will of the prince is but too much the law , to a gross abuse of his power by his lowest servants ; by which one hundred and twenty or more of our ...
... believe , to the direct will of the prince , but , what will always happen when the will of the prince is but too much the law , to a gross abuse of his power by his lowest servants ; by which one hundred and twenty or more of our ...
Strana 71
... of the morning after he signed it : not that he did so ; but if he had , I believe it would only have made the thing so many degrees worse . ; Your lordships will observe , that in this conference WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 71.
... of the morning after he signed it : not that he did so ; but if he had , I believe it would only have made the thing so many degrees worse . ; Your lordships will observe , that in this conference WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 71.
Strana 72
... of another man to any one's conscience - this is the first time , I believe , it ever appeared in a judicial proceeding . It is natural to say , " my conscience acquits me of it ; " but they declare 72 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
... of another man to any one's conscience - this is the first time , I believe , it ever appeared in a judicial proceeding . It is natural to say , " my conscience acquits me of it ; " but they declare 72 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
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abuse accusation act of parliament affairs appear appointed arbitrary power authority banyan believe Bengal bonds bribery bribes Calcutta called character charge circumstances committee Company Company's concealment conduct consequence consider corruption Cossim Ally council court of directors covenants crimes criminal Debi Sing declared defence Dinagepore duty endeavoured English evidence extortion favour fraud Gentoo give given governor Governor-General guilt Gunga Govin Sing hands Hastings's Holwell honour House of Commons India inquiry judge justice lacks Larkins letter Lord Clive lords lordships Mahomed Reza Khân Mahomedan manner means ment Mogul Mogul empire Munny Begum Nabob native nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression paid peculation person pretended prince principles prisoner proceeding proof prosecution prove provinces punishment Rajah received regard revenue rupees servants Sir John Clavering situation suffer taken Tamerlane thing tion transaction Translated trust vols Warren Hastings whole zemindars
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Strana 229 - My Lords, what is it that we want here to a great act of national justice ? Do we want a cause, my Lords ? You have the cause of oppressed princes, of undone women of the first rank, of desolated provinces, and of wasted kingdoms. Do you want a criminal, my Lords ? When was there so much iniquity ever laid to the charge of any one ? No, my Lords, you must not look to punish any other such delinquent from India.
Strana 101 - Law and arbitrary power are in eternal enmity. Name me a magistrate, and I will name property ; name me power, and I will name protection. It is a contradiction in terms, it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to...
Strana 229 - Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords, is it a prosecutor you want? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors, and I believe, my lords, that the sun in his beneficent progress round the world does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men, separated from a remote people by the material...
Strana 230 - We have here all the branches of the royal family in a situation between majesty and subjection, between the sovereign and the subject, offering a pledge in that situation for the support of the rights of the crown and the liberties of the people, both which extremities they touch. My lords, we have a great hereditary peerage here — those who have their own honour, the honour of their ancestors and of their posterity, to guard...