The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
... corrupt , it tended to lessen their respect for and obedience to the laws themselves , by teaching them to think ill of those who administered them . " On the next day Mr. Burke called the attention of the House of Commons to this ...
... corrupt , it tended to lessen their respect for and obedience to the laws themselves , by teaching them to think ill of those who administered them . " On the next day Mr. Burke called the attention of the House of Commons to this ...
Page ix
... corruption . 66 " Sir , combining all the circumstances , I " think it impossible not to suppose that this Speech does not reflect upon a Report which , by an order of the Committee on which I " served , I had the honour of presenting ...
... corruption . 66 " Sir , combining all the circumstances , I " think it impossible not to suppose that this Speech does not reflect upon a Report which , by an order of the Committee on which I " served , I had the honour of presenting ...
Page xi
... corruption . Whatever it says , it " does not say calumniously . That kind of " language belongs to persons whose eloquence " entitles them to a free use of epithets . The Report states , that the Judges had given their " opinions ...
... corruption . Whatever it says , it " does not say calumniously . That kind of " language belongs to persons whose eloquence " entitles them to a free use of epithets . The Report states , that the Judges had given their " opinions ...
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... the effects of his open violence and injustice : the other two expose the prin- ciples of pecuniary corruption , upon which the Prisoner proceeded ciples OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 9 has been brought forward on these occasions, ...
... the effects of his open violence and injustice : the other two expose the prin- ciples of pecuniary corruption , upon which the Prisoner proceeded ciples OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 9 has been brought forward on these occasions, ...
Page 10
... corruption in receiving bribes , and the other his active corruption , in which he has endeavoured to defend his passive corruption , by forming a most formidable faction both abroad and at home . There is hardly any one act of the ...
... corruption in receiving bribes , and the other his active corruption , in which he has endeavoured to defend his passive corruption , by forming a most formidable faction both abroad and at home . There is hardly any one act of the ...
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