The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 3
... governor- general was charged , how much soever the managers might fail in the technical proof of his guilt , required only to be This is not a fanciful enumeration of possible cases . The reader will find in these volumes examples of ...
... governor- general was charged , how much soever the managers might fail in the technical proof of his guilt , required only to be This is not a fanciful enumeration of possible cases . The reader will find in these volumes examples of ...
Strana 49
... governors . I hope I have not gone out of my way to bring before you any circumstance relative to the Gentoo religion and manners , further than as they relate to the spirit of our government over them ; for though there never was such ...
... governors . I hope I have not gone out of my way to bring before you any circumstance relative to the Gentoo religion and manners , further than as they relate to the spirit of our government over them ; for though there never was such ...
Strana 60
... governor of Madras , -Lord Pigot , the preserver , and the vic- tim , of the British dominion in Asia , -detached such of the Company's force as could be collected and spared , and such of his Majesty's ships as were on that station ...
... governor of Madras , -Lord Pigot , the preserver , and the vic- tim , of the British dominion in Asia , -detached such of the Company's force as could be collected and spared , and such of his Majesty's ships as were on that station ...
Strana 61
... governor forced upon the natives was now upon the throne . great lords of the country , both Gentoos and Mahomedans , were uneasy , discontented , and disobedient ; and some abso- lutely in arms , and refusing to recognise the prince we ...
... governor forced upon the natives was now upon the throne . great lords of the country , both Gentoos and Mahomedans , were uneasy , discontented , and disobedient ; and some abso- lutely in arms , and refusing to recognise the prince we ...
Strana 64
... governor , who was hourly expected , with whom one of them was connected , and who was to carry with him the whole weight of the authority of this kingdom . This difference produced discus- sions . Holwell endeavoured by his ...
... governor , who was hourly expected , with whom one of them was connected , and who was to carry with him the whole weight of the authority of this kingdom . This difference produced discus- sions . Holwell endeavoured by his ...
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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...