The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page iv
... ible adherence to the principles so clearly de- veloped and so ably enforced by this great Writer , the merits of the Sage and of the Prince will be justly appreciated . Deign , Sire , to accept the homage of my Deign DEDICATION .
... ible adherence to the principles so clearly de- veloped and so ably enforced by this great Writer , the merits of the Sage and of the Prince will be justly appreciated . Deign , Sire , to accept the homage of my Deign DEDICATION .
Page 73
... laws we only have imperfectly in this book ; but we are told in it , and I believe the fact , that he forbad , under IL 74 pain of death , any prince or other pain OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 73 dare say they do, it is not to be ...
... laws we only have imperfectly in this book ; but we are told in it , and I believe the fact , that he forbad , under IL 74 pain of death , any prince or other pain OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 73 dare say they do, it is not to be ...
Page 74
... prince was in this case , what I hope your Lordships will be , a very severe judge of the governours of countries remote from the seat of the government . My Lords , we have in this book sufficient proof that a Tartarian sovereign could ...
... prince was in this case , what I hope your Lordships will be , a very severe judge of the governours of countries remote from the seat of the government . My Lords , we have in this book sufficient proof that a Tartarian sovereign could ...
Page 75
... prince , that he , violent as his conquests were , bloody as all conquests are , ferocious as a Mahometan making his crusades for the propagation of his religion , he yet knew how to govern his unjust acquisitions with equity and ...
... prince , that he , violent as his conquests were , bloody as all conquests are , ferocious as a Mahometan making his crusades for the propagation of his religion , he yet knew how to govern his unjust acquisitions with equity and ...
Page 76
... prince ever established institutes of civil government more honourable to himself , than the institutes of Timour . I shall be content to be brought to shame before your Lordships , if the Prisoner at your bar can shew me one passage ...
... prince ever established institutes of civil government more honourable to himself , than the institutes of Timour . I shall be content to be brought to shame before your Lordships , if the Prisoner at your bar can shew me one passage ...
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