The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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... bringing the whole into parallels , by H. G. BOHN . Roger De Hoveden's Annals of Eng- lish History ; from A.D. 732 to A.D. 1201 . Edited by H. T. RILEY . In 2 vols . Six Old English Chronicles , viz.:- Asser's Life of Alfred , and the ...
... bringing the whole into parallels , by H. G. BOHN . Roger De Hoveden's Annals of Eng- lish History ; from A.D. 732 to A.D. 1201 . Edited by H. T. RILEY . In 2 vols . Six Old English Chronicles , viz.:- Asser's Life of Alfred , and the ...
Strana 9
... bring before you . My lords , the business of this day is not the business of this man - it is not solely whether the prisoner at the bar be found innocent or guilty ; but whether millions of mankind shall be made miserable or happy ...
... bring before you . My lords , the business of this day is not the business of this man - it is not solely whether the prisoner at the bar be found innocent or guilty ; but whether millions of mankind shall be made miserable or happy ...
Strana 15
... bring before you a poor , puny , trembling delinquent , misled , perhaps , by those who ought to have taught him better , but who have afterwards oppressed him by their power , as they had first corrupted him by their example ...
... bring before you a poor , puny , trembling delinquent , misled , perhaps , by those who ought to have taught him better , but who have afterwards oppressed him by their power , as they had first corrupted him by their example ...
Strana 16
... bring destruction upon their own heads , and on those of all their posterity . On the other hand , I have too much confidence in the learning with which you will be advised , and the liberality and nobleness of the sentiments with which ...
... bring destruction upon their own heads , and on those of all their posterity . On the other hand , I have too much confidence in the learning with which you will be advised , and the liberality and nobleness of the sentiments with which ...
Strana 36
... bring before you one institution , taken from the mercantile constitution of the Company , so excellent that I will venture to say that human wisdom has never exceeded it . In this excellent in- stitution the counting - house gave ...
... bring before you one institution , taken from the mercantile constitution of the Company , so excellent that I will venture to say that human wisdom has never exceeded it . In this excellent in- stitution the counting - house gave ...
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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...