The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... regard to the resumption of the jaghires . This morning the Vizier came to me , according to his agreement , but seemingly without any intention or desire to yield me satisfaction on the subject under discussion ; for , after a great ...
... regard to the resumption of the jaghires . This morning the Vizier came to me , according to his agreement , but seemingly without any intention or desire to yield me satisfaction on the subject under discussion ; for , after a great ...
Page 24
... regard with awe , and to whom mankind for ages have been ac- customed to bow . Now does the history of tyranny furnish , does the history of popular violence deposing kings furnish , anything like the dreadful deposition of this prince ...
... regard with awe , and to whom mankind for ages have been ac- customed to bow . Now does the history of tyranny furnish , does the history of popular violence deposing kings furnish , anything like the dreadful deposition of this prince ...
Page 29
... regard for the rights of an allied sovereign , through a regard to the rights of his peo- ple , I have not got so much as I expected " ? Of this no man could be afraid . The prisoner's fear had another origin . " I have failed , " says ...
... regard for the rights of an allied sovereign , through a regard to the rights of his peo- ple , I have not got so much as I expected " ? Of this no man could be afraid . The prisoner's fear had another origin . " I have failed , " says ...
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... regard to the title . The treasure , they say , belonged to the state . The grand- mother and mother have robbed the son , and kept him out of his rightful inheritance . They then pro- duce the Hedaya to show you what proportion of the ...
... regard to the title . The treasure , they say , belonged to the state . The grand- mother and mother have robbed the son , and kept him out of his rightful inheritance . They then pro- duce the Hedaya to show you what proportion of the ...
Page 38
... regard to the title of these ladies , according to the Mahometan law , you have nothing laid before you by the prisoner's counsel but a quotation cut out with the scissors from a Mahome- tan law - book , ( which I suspect very much the ...
... regard to the title of these ladies , according to the Mahometan law , you have nothing laid before you by the prisoner's counsel but a quotation cut out with the scissors from a Mahome- tan law - book , ( which I suspect very much the ...
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