The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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... necessary to his fame , nor the tri- umph itself to the satisfaction of his own mind . The real cause which he advocated did not depend upon the decision of the court of judicature before which the impeachment was tried . From the ...
... necessary to his fame , nor the tri- umph itself to the satisfaction of his own mind . The real cause which he advocated did not depend upon the decision of the court of judicature before which the impeachment was tried . From the ...
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... necessary to the very existence of the constitution itself . If at one time he abdicated , as it were , the high rank which he held as a leader of the old Whig party , by concur- ring1 in such a formation of a new party , as to the ...
... necessary to the very existence of the constitution itself . If at one time he abdicated , as it were , the high rank which he held as a leader of the old Whig party , by concur- ring1 in such a formation of a new party , as to the ...
Strana 6
... necessary economy . On the part of Lord Fitzwilliam , this separation was marked with a moderation which disarmed the animosity of the friends he had quitted and left open the avenues to reunion with them , while at the same time it ...
... necessary economy . On the part of Lord Fitzwilliam , this separation was marked with a moderation which disarmed the animosity of the friends he had quitted and left open the avenues to reunion with them , while at the same time it ...
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... necessary for the insertion of so much matter extraneous to the immediate design of this introduction . I have no other to offer , but the natural gar- rulity , one of the many infirmities , of old age . If age cannot screen me from the ...
... necessary for the insertion of so much matter extraneous to the immediate design of this introduction . I have no other to offer , but the natural gar- rulity , one of the many infirmities , of old age . If age cannot screen me from the ...
Strana 17
... necessary , therefore , that nothing in that proceeding should appear to mark the slightest trace , should betray the faintest odour , of chicane . God forbid that when you try the most serious of all causes , that when you try the ...
... necessary , therefore , that nothing in that proceeding should appear to mark the slightest trace , should betray the faintest odour , of chicane . God forbid that when you try the most serious of all causes , that when you try 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...