The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 29
... defence before the House of Commons and in the defences he has made before your lordships , has lamented his own situation in this particular . It was much to be lamented indeed . How far it will furnish justification , extenuation , or ...
... defence before the House of Commons and in the defences he has made before your lordships , has lamented his own situation in this particular . It was much to be lamented indeed . How far it will furnish justification , extenuation , or ...
Strana 40
... and ruin what remains of it . He refuses , in his defence to the House of Commons , in letters to the court of directors , in various writings and declarations , he refuses to be tried 40 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
... and ruin what remains of it . He refuses , in his defence to the House of Commons , in letters to the court of directors , in various writings and declarations , he refuses to be tried 40 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
Strana 44
... defence . If we undertake to govern the inhabitants of such a country , we must govern them upon their own principles and maxims , and not upon ours . We must not think to force them into the narrow circle of our ideas ; we must extend ...
... defence . If we undertake to govern the inhabitants of such a country , we must govern them upon their own principles and maxims , and not upon ours . We must not think to force them into the narrow circle of our ideas ; we must extend ...
Strana 50
... defence before the Commons ; namely , the invasion of the Tartars , or the era of Tamer- lane . These Tartars did not establish themselves on the ruins of the Hindoos . Their conquests were over the other Mahomedans ; for Tamerlane ...
... defence before the Commons ; namely , the invasion of the Tartars , or the era of Tamer- lane . These Tartars did not establish themselves on the ruins of the Hindoos . Their conquests were over the other Mahomedans ; for Tamerlane ...
Strana 70
... defence . Mr. Lushington is taken off his back in the manner we have seen , and no one person remains but Captain Knox . Now , if Captain Knox was there and assenting , he is an accomplice too . Captain Knox asserts , that , at the ...
... defence . Mr. Lushington is taken off his back in the manner we have seen , and no one person remains but Captain Knox . Now , if Captain Knox was there and assenting , he is an accomplice too . Captain Knox asserts , that , at the ...
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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...