The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 9
... 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
... violence ; nor any acts of his violence , in which there are not presumptive proofs of corruption . These practices are so intimately blended with each other , that we thought the distribution which we have adopted would best bring ...
... violence ; nor any acts of his violence , in which there are not presumptive proofs of corruption . These practices are so intimately blended with each other , that we thought the distribution which we have adopted would best bring ...
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... violence from the possessor , we call it a robbery ; and the person who takes it , we call a robber . Money clandestinely taken from the proprietor , we call theft ; and the per- son who takes it , we call a thief . When a false paper ...
... violence from the possessor , we call it a robbery ; and the person who takes it , we call a robber . Money clandestinely taken from the proprietor , we call theft ; and the per- son who takes it , we call a thief . When a false paper ...
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... violence and oppression is rapid ; but that the progress of remedial and vindictive justice , even the divine , has ... violent and destructive passions . And indeed , my Lords , the disproportion be- tween crime and justice , when seen ...
... violence and oppression is rapid ; but that the progress of remedial and vindictive justice , even the divine , has ... violent and destructive passions . And indeed , my Lords , the disproportion be- tween crime and justice , when seen ...
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... violence and cor- ruption ; for these crimes will be found , my Lords , in almost every transaction with the Native Powers ; and the Prisoner is directly or indirectly involved in every part of them . If it be still objected , that ...
... violence and cor- ruption ; for these crimes will be found , my Lords , in almost every transaction with the Native Powers ; and the Prisoner is directly or indirectly involved in every part of them . If it be still objected , that ...
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