The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 43
... ruin his fortune , your Lordships will see , that at the time when he made this charge he had not been in fact , nor was for a long time after , one shilling out of pocket . But some other person had become security to his attorney for ...
... ruin his fortune , your Lordships will see , that at the time when he made this charge he had not been in fact , nor was for a long time after , one shilling out of pocket . But some other person had become security to his attorney for ...
Page 57
... ruining the empire , to hinder his ex- ercising this despotick authority . All Asia is by him disfranchized at a stroke . Its inhabitants have no rights , no laws , no liberties , their state is mean and depraved : they may be fined for ...
... ruining the empire , to hinder his ex- ercising this despotick authority . All Asia is by him disfranchized at a stroke . Its inhabitants have no rights , no laws , no liberties , their state is mean and depraved : they may be fined for ...
Page 58
... ruin ; for Mr. Hastings says , that the people may be fined , that they may be exiled , that they may be imprisoned , and that even their lives are de- pendent upon the mere will of their foreign master and that he , the Company's ...
... ruin ; for Mr. Hastings says , that the people may be fined , that they may be exiled , that they may be imprisoned , and that even their lives are de- pendent upon the mere will of their foreign master and that he , the Company's ...
Page 128
... ruin of both . He has himself told you , and he has got Mr. Anderson to vouch it , that he had received proposals for the sale of this miserable man and + his country . And from whom did he receive these 11 his 128 SPEECH IN THE ...
... ruin of both . He has himself told you , and he has got Mr. Anderson to vouch it , that he had received proposals for the sale of this miserable man and + his country . And from whom did he receive these 11 his 128 SPEECH IN THE ...
Page 159
... ruin , to make destruction itself dishonourable as well as de- structive , appointed this naib . Thus , when Mr. Hastings had imprisoned the Rajah in the face of his subjects , and in the face of all India , without fixing any term for ...
... ruin , to make destruction itself dishonourable as well as de- structive , appointed this naib . Thus , when Mr. Hastings had imprisoned the Rajah in the face of his subjects , and in the face of all India , without fixing any term for ...
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