The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
... effect : " Mr Speaker , " THE license of the present times makes " it very difficult for us to talk upon certain 66 subjects in which Parliamentary order is in- " volved . It is difficult to speak of them with " regularity , or to be ...
... effect : " Mr Speaker , " THE license of the present times makes " it very difficult for us to talk upon certain 66 subjects in which Parliamentary order is in- " volved . It is difficult to speak of them with " regularity , or to be ...
Page 2
... effect of all our labours , the result of all our inquiries , is now to be ascertained . You , my Lords , are now to determine , not only whether all these labours have been vain and fruitless , but whether we have abused so long the ...
... effect of all our labours , the result of all our inquiries , is now to be ascertained . You , my Lords , are now to determine , not only whether all these labours have been vain and fruitless , but whether we have abused so long the ...
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... effects produced by the introduction of forty millions of money into this country from India . We know , that the private for- tunes which have been made there pervade this kingdom so universally , that there is not a sin- gle parish in ...
... effects produced by the introduction of forty millions of money into this country from India . We know , that the private for- tunes which have been made there pervade this kingdom so universally , that there is not a sin- gle parish in ...
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... 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, ...
... 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, ...
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... effect of their sense of gratitude for the be- " nefits they had received from my adminis- " tration . I wish I could say as much of my 66 own countrymen . " My Lords , here then we have the Prisoner at your your bar in his demeanour ...
... effect of their sense of gratitude for the be- " nefits they had received from my adminis- " tration . I wish I could say as much of my 66 own countrymen . " My Lords , here then we have the Prisoner at your your bar in his demeanour ...
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