The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 8
... give an explanation ( with their aid I may be enabled to give it ) of such circumstances preceding the crimes charged on Mr. Hastings , or concomitant with them , as may tend to elucidate whatever may be found obscure in the articles as ...
... give an explanation ( with their aid I may be enabled to give it ) of such circumstances preceding the crimes charged on Mr. Hastings , or concomitant with them , as may tend to elucidate whatever may be found obscure in the articles as ...
Strana 14
... give time to the mind to recollect its faculties , to reinforce its reason , and to have recourse to fixed principles , but , by com- pelling an instant and tumultuous decision , too often obliges men to decide in a manner that calm ...
... give time to the mind to recollect its faculties , to reinforce its reason , and to have recourse to fixed principles , but , by com- pelling an instant and tumultuous decision , too often obliges men to decide in a manner that calm ...
Strana 16
... give the nation an evil example , that would rebound back on themselves , and 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 ...
... give the nation an evil example , that would rebound back on themselves , and 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 ...
Strana 18
... give countenance to this aspersion from suspicion that any corrupt motive can influence this court ; I deprecate it from knowing that hitherto we have moved within the nar- row circle of municipal justice . I am afraid that , from the ...
... give countenance to this aspersion from suspicion that any corrupt motive can influence this court ; I deprecate it from knowing that hitherto we have moved within the nar- row circle of municipal justice . I am afraid that , from the ...
Strana 20
... give a power , without annexing to it a proportion- able degree of responsibility . As to their other powers , the Company derives them from the Mogul empire by various charters from that crown , 20 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
... give a power , without annexing to it a proportion- able degree of responsibility . As to their other powers , the Company derives them from the Mogul empire by various charters from that crown , 20 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...