The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 60
... admitted a great , supreme emperour , who was just , prudent , and politick , instead of the ferocious , op- pressive lesser Mahomedan sovereigns , who had before forc- ed their way by the sword into the country . That country resembled ...
... admitted a great , supreme emperour , who was just , prudent , and politick , instead of the ferocious , op- pressive lesser Mahomedan sovereigns , who had before forc- ed their way by the sword into the country . That country resembled ...
Page 61
... admitted to easy reconciliations ; be- cause in reality , in their occasional hostilities , they were not properly rebellious subjects , but princes , often asserting their natural rights , and the just constitution of the country ...
... admitted to easy reconciliations ; be- cause in reality , in their occasional hostilities , they were not properly rebellious subjects , but princes , often asserting their natural rights , and the just constitution of the country ...
Page 94
... princes and six sales were seen successively in Bengal . The last was a minor , the is- sue of a legitimate wife , admitted to succeed because a mi- He was nor , and because there was none illegitimate 94 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... princes and six sales were seen successively in Bengal . The last was a minor , the is- sue of a legitimate wife , admitted to succeed because a mi- He was nor , and because there was none illegitimate 94 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 105
... admitted by any act of parliament ; and yet , by the particular interference of the majority of the council , the company is clearly and in- disputably seized of that sovereignty . " So that this gentle- man , because he is not a lawyer ...
... admitted by any act of parliament ; and yet , by the particular interference of the majority of the council , the company is clearly and in- disputably seized of that sovereignty . " So that this gentle- man , because he is not a lawyer ...
Page 115
... admitted , because it is a perversion of the funda- mental principle , that every power , given for the protection of the people below , should be responsible to the power above . It is to suppose , that the people shall have no laws ...
... admitted , because it is a perversion of the funda- mental principle , that every power , given for the protection of the people below , should be responsible to the power above . It is to suppose , that the people shall have no laws ...
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