The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 13
... facts that the defend- ant alleged , and the principles he maintained ; and after a de- liberation , not short of ... fact great offences . The Commons are too liberal not to allow for the difficulties of a great and arduous public ...
... facts that the defend- ant alleged , and the principles he maintained ; and after a de- liberation , not short of ... fact great offences . The Commons are too liberal not to allow for the difficulties of a great and arduous public ...
Strana 23
... fact the East - India Company in Asia is a state in the disguise of a merchant . Its whole service is a system of public offices in the disguise of a counting - house . Accordingly , the whole external order and series of the service ...
... fact the East - India Company in Asia is a state in the disguise of a merchant . Its whole service is a system of public offices in the disguise of a counting - house . Accordingly , the whole external order and series of the service ...
Strana 41
... fact destroyed , many things truly excellent in that constitution ; if I have not wasted your time in explana- tion of matters that you are already well acquainted with , I shall next beg leave to state to you the abuse in some parti ...
... fact destroyed , many things truly excellent in that constitution ; if I have not wasted your time in explana- tion of matters that you are already well acquainted with , I shall next beg leave to state to you the abuse in some parti ...
Strana 42
... fact , even in this explanatory opening , or even the colour of the fact , should be alleged , which , when called upon , I should not be ready to make good to you by proof - I mean , by proof adapted to its nature ; public opinion by ...
... fact , even in this explanatory opening , or even the colour of the fact , should be alleged , which , when called upon , I should not be ready to make good to you by proof - I mean , by proof adapted to its nature ; public opinion by ...
Strana 51
... 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 various books written with various views , I shall beg leave to lay before ...
... 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 various books written with various views , I shall beg leave to lay before ...
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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...