The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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... tion of Remarkable Epitaphs . By T. J. PETTIGREW , F.R.S. , F.S.A. Early Travels in Palestine . Willi- bald , Sæwulf , Benjamin of Tudela , Man- deville , La Brocquiere , and Maundrell ; all unabridged . Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT ...
... tion of Remarkable Epitaphs . By T. J. PETTIGREW , F.R.S. , F.S.A. Early Travels in Palestine . Willi- bald , Sæwulf , Benjamin of Tudela , Man- deville , La Brocquiere , and Maundrell ; all unabridged . Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT ...
Strana
... tion , with large additions . Numerous fine Woodcuts after Harvey , Bewick , and others . ; or , with the addition of 34 highly - finished Steel Engravings . 7s . 6d . King's Natural History of Precious Stones , and of the Precious ...
... tion , with large additions . Numerous fine Woodcuts after Harvey , Bewick , and others . ; or , with the addition of 34 highly - finished Steel Engravings . 7s . 6d . King's Natural History of Precious Stones , and of the Precious ...
Strana 7
... tion to be a flatterer , may well exempt me from such an imputation . May you , my dear lord , ever escape its poison- ous arts . May your labours in the service of your country procure for you , together with its praise , its ...
... tion to be a flatterer , may well exempt me from such an imputation . May you , my dear lord , ever escape its poison- ous arts . May your labours in the service of your country procure for you , together with its praise , its ...
Strana 19
... tion of them all , judicial patience , I hope that you will not grudge a few hours to the explanation of that which has cost : the Commons fourteen years ' assiduous application to ac- quire c 2 WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 19.
... tion of them all , judicial patience , I hope that you will not grudge a few hours to the explanation of that which has cost : the Commons fourteen years ' assiduous application to ac- quire c 2 WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 19.
Strana 27
... tion . But if this has not secured the head , we may easily judge how the members are to be coerced . Mr. Hastings at the head of the service , with high legal emoluments , has fouled his hands and sullied his government with bribes ...
... tion . But if this has not secured the head , we may easily judge how the members are to be coerced . Mr. Hastings at the head of the service , with high legal emoluments , has fouled his hands and sullied his government with bribes ...
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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...