The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 22
... sent into the East . From that time the Company ought to be considered as a subordi- nate sovereign power ; that is , sovereign with regard to the objects which it touched , subordinate with regard to the power from whence its great ...
... sent into the East . From that time the Company ought to be considered as a subordi- nate sovereign power ; that is , sovereign with regard to the objects which it touched , subordinate with regard to the power from whence its great ...
Strana 26
... sent them out , and from that of the country in which they act . No control upon them exists ; none , I mean , in persons who understand their language , who understood their manners , or can apply their conduct to the laws . Therefore ...
... sent them out , and from that of the country in which they act . No control upon them exists ; none , I mean , in persons who understand their language , who understood their manners , or can apply their conduct to the laws . Therefore ...
Strana 28
... sent out to begin their progress and career in active occupation , and in the exercise of high authority , at that period of life which in all other places has been em- ployed in the course of a rigid education . To put the mat- ter in ...
... sent out to begin their progress and career in active occupation , and in the exercise of high authority , at that period of life which in all other places has been em- ployed in the course of a rigid education . To put the mat- ter in ...
Strana 29
... sent over to exercise functions at which a statesman here would tremble , without any theoretical study , and without any of that sort of experience which in mixed societies of business and converse form men gradually and insensibly to ...
... sent over to exercise functions at which a statesman here would tremble , without any theoretical study , and without any of that sort of experience which in mixed societies of business and converse form men gradually and insensibly to ...
Strana 34
... sent out of this country : we know how happy we are to hear soon that they are no longer a burthen to their friends and parents . The banyan knows it too . He supplies the young servant with money . He has him under his power ; first ...
... sent out of this country : we know how happy we are to hear soon that they are no longer a burthen to their friends and parents . The banyan knows it too . He supplies the young servant with money . He has him under his power ; first ...
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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...