The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 13
... thought it best to despatch first . As to the crime which we chose , we first considered well what it was in its nature , under all the circumstances which attended it . We weighed it with all its extenuations , and with all its ...
... thought it best to despatch first . As to the crime which we chose , we first considered well what it was in its nature , under all the circumstances which attended it . We weighed it with all its extenuations , and with all its ...
Strana 22
... thought at that time , and will be thought now , a bad bargain for the country . The powers of the Company were , under that charter , merely com- mercial . By degrees , as the theatre of operation was distant as its intercourse was ...
... thought at that time , and will be thought now , a bad bargain for the country . The powers of the Company were , under that charter , merely com- mercial . By degrees , as the theatre of operation was distant as its intercourse was ...
Strana 52
... thought proper to consider it . According to them , if a subordinate prince like Cheit Sing was not ready to pay any exorbitant sum on instant demand , or submit to any extent of fine which should be inflicted upon him by the mere will ...
... thought proper to consider it . According to them , if a subordinate prince like Cheit Sing was not ready to pay any exorbitant sum on instant demand , or submit to any extent of fine which should be inflicted upon him by the mere will ...
Strana 61
... thought that a revolution might be made upon his revolution , and as lucrative to them as his was to the first projectors . Scarcely was Meer Jaffier , Lord Clive's nabob , seated on his musnud , than they immediately , or in a short ...
... thought that a revolution might be made upon his revolution , and as lucrative to them as his was to the first projectors . Scarcely was Meer Jaffier , Lord Clive's nabob , seated on his musnud , than they immediately , or in a short ...
Strana 63
... thought an hour was not to be lost in accomplishing a revo- lution , and selling the reigning Nabob . My lords , there was in the house of Meer Jaffier , in his court , and in his family , a man of an intriguing , crafty , subtile , and ...
... thought an hour was not to be lost in accomplishing a revo- lution , and selling the reigning Nabob . My lords , there was in the house of Meer Jaffier , in his court , and in his family , a man of an intriguing , crafty , subtile , and ...
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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...