The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... pretended reverence to punctilious ceremonies and observances of law , abandons mankind , without help and resource , to all the desolating consequences of arbitrary The conduct and event of this cause will put an power . end to such ...
... pretended reverence to punctilious ceremonies and observances of law , abandons mankind , without help and resource , to all the desolating consequences of arbitrary The conduct and event of this cause will put an power . end to such ...
Page 46
... pretended principles applied . This is a great , a material part of the constitution of the company . My lords , I do not think it to be much apologiz- ed for , if I repeat , that this is the fundamental regulation of that service ; and ...
... pretended principles applied . This is a great , a material part of the constitution of the company . My lords , I do not think it to be much apologiz- ed for , if I repeat , that this is the fundamental regulation of that service ; and ...
Page 126
... pretends to punish . As the instances I allude to are cu- rious , and as they go to the principles of Mr. Hastings's de- fence , I shall beg to quote them . It The first is upon a governour , who did , what Mr. Has- tings says he has a ...
... pretends to punish . As the instances I allude to are cu- rious , and as they go to the principles of Mr. Hastings's de- fence , I shall beg to quote them . It The first is upon a governour , who did , what Mr. Has- tings says he has a ...
Page 148
... pretended publick , in reality to a private corrupt , auction ; and such favoured landholders , as came to it , were obliged to con- sider themselves as not any longer proprietors of the estates , but to recognize themselves as farmers ...
... pretended publick , in reality to a private corrupt , auction ; and such favoured landholders , as came to it , were obliged to con- sider themselves as not any longer proprietors of the estates , but to recognize themselves as farmers ...
Page 149
... pretended , that the discovery would yield a most amazing increase of rent . And for some time it appeared so to do , till it came to the touchstone of experience ; and then it was found , that there was a defalcation from these ...
... pretended , that the discovery would yield a most amazing increase of rent . And for some time it appeared so to do , till it came to the touchstone of experience ; and then it was found , that there was a defalcation from these ...
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