The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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... Tell . Vol . 3. Don Carlos , Mary Stuart , Maid of Orleans , and Bride of Messina . Vol . 4. The Robbers , Fiesco , Love and Intrigue , and the Ghost - Seer . Schlegel's Philosophy of Life and of Language , translated by A. J. W. MOR ...
... Tell . Vol . 3. Don Carlos , Mary Stuart , Maid of Orleans , and Bride of Messina . Vol . 4. The Robbers , Fiesco , Love and Intrigue , and the Ghost - Seer . Schlegel's Philosophy of Life and of Language , translated by A. J. W. MOR ...
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... telling the world how greatly I love him , and how highly I honour him . Soon after my first acquaintance with him , he succeeded to the splendid possessions of his uncle , the Marquess of Rockingham , my revered master and patron ; and ...
... telling the world how greatly I love him , and how highly I honour him . Soon after my first acquaintance with him , he succeeded to the splendid possessions of his uncle , the Marquess of Rockingham , my revered master and patron ; and ...
Strana 51
... tell us that India was conquered by Tamerlane , and conquered in such a year . The year will be found to coïncide somewhere , I believe , with the end of the fourteenth century . Thinking the mere fact as of little mo- ment , and its ...
... tell us that India was conquered by Tamerlane , and conquered in such a year . The year will be found to coïncide somewhere , I believe , with the end of the fourteenth century . Thinking the mere fact as of little mo- ment , and its ...
Strana 79
... tell your lordships of all the nefarious transactions of this man , whom the intrigues of Mr. Holwell and Mr. Hast- ings had set upon the throne of Bengal . But there is a cir- cumstance in this business that comes across here , and ...
... tell your lordships of all the nefarious transactions of this man , whom the intrigues of Mr. Holwell and Mr. Hast- ings had set upon the throne of Bengal . But there is a cir- cumstance in this business that comes across here , and ...
Strana 138
... Tell me that the banyans of English gentlemen , dependants on them at Calcutta , were the farmers throughout , and I be- lieve I need not tell your lordships for whose benefit they were farmers . But there is one of these , who comes so ...
... Tell me that the banyans of English gentlemen , dependants on them at Calcutta , were the farmers throughout , and I be- lieve I need not tell your lordships for whose benefit they were farmers . But there is one of these , who comes so ...
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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...