The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 10
... standing , and most of them not given by the Nabob . I take some pains in explaining this business , be- cause I trust your Lordships will have a strong feel- ing against any confiscation for the purpose of reve- nue . Believe me , my ...
... standing , and most of them not given by the Nabob . I take some pains in explaining this business , be- cause I trust your Lordships will have a strong feel- ing against any confiscation for the purpose of reve- nue . Believe me , my ...
Page 15
... stand equal in point of morality , let us see how they stand in point of calculation . The un- exceptionable part of the 285,000l . amounted to 260,000l . a year ; whereas , supposing every part of the new grants had been made to the ...
... stand equal in point of morality , let us see how they stand in point of calculation . The un- exceptionable part of the 285,000l . amounted to 260,000l . a year ; whereas , supposing every part of the new grants had been made to the ...
Page 16
... standing at your bar , that he is made by him a shame and a scandal to his family , his race , and his country , but he must be cruelly aspersed , and have faults and crimes attrib- uted to him that do not belong to him ? I know nothing ...
... standing at your bar , that he is made by him a shame and a scandal to his family , his race , and his country , but he must be cruelly aspersed , and have faults and crimes attrib- uted to him that do not belong to him ? I know nothing ...
Page 43
... stands it now , more than twelve years after the seizure of their goods , at ten thousand miles ' distance ? You ask of these women , buried in the depths of Asia , secluded from human commerce , what is their title to their estate ...
... stands it now , more than twelve years after the seizure of their goods , at ten thousand miles ' distance ? You ask of these women , buried in the depths of Asia , secluded from human commerce , what is their title to their estate ...
Page 45
... has taught them the danger of much wealth , and the danger of economy . He has shown them that they are saving , not for their families , for those who may possibly stand in the utmost need of SPEECH IN REPLY . 45 - - FIFTH DAY .
... has taught them the danger of much wealth , and the danger of economy . He has shown them that they are saving , not for their families , for those who may possibly stand in the utmost need of SPEECH IN REPLY . 45 - - FIFTH DAY .
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