The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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Page 56
... prince over- whelmed in the ruin of the commerce of his dominions . Finding his reiterated remonstrances on the extent and abuse of the passport ineffectual , he had recourse to an unexpected expedient , which was to declare his ...
... prince over- whelmed in the ruin of the commerce of his dominions . Finding his reiterated remonstrances on the extent and abuse of the passport ineffectual , he had recourse to an unexpected expedient , which was to declare his ...
Page 136
... prince . The person to be em- ployed in his dominions to act for the committee was there- fore of little consequence in his capacity of negotiator ; but he was vested with a trust , great and critical in all pe- cuniary affairs . These ...
... prince . The person to be em- ployed in his dominions to act for the committee was there- fore of little consequence in his capacity of negotiator ; but he was vested with a trust , great and critical in all pe- cuniary affairs . These ...
Page 142
... prince . Yet the preservation of such a power in such a de- gree of subordination with the criminal jurisdiction , and the care of the public order annexed to it , was a wise and laud- able policy . It preserved a portion of the ...
... prince . Yet the preservation of such a power in such a de- gree of subordination with the criminal jurisdiction , and the care of the public order annexed to it , was a wise and laud- able policy . It preserved a portion of the ...
Page 143
... prince , who , as Mr. Hastings said , " had an incontestable right to his situation , and that it was his by inheritance , " suddenly shrunk into his old state of insignifi- cance , and was even looked upon in so low a light as to re ...
... prince , who , as Mr. Hastings said , " had an incontestable right to his situation , and that it was his by inheritance , " suddenly shrunk into his old state of insignifi- cance , and was even looked upon in so low a light as to re ...
Page 168
... prince . Your committee have shown to the House by a comparison or facts and dates , that this charge is wholly without founda- tion . But if the cause of Colonel Camac's failure had been true as to the sum , which was the object of the ...
... prince . Your committee have shown to the House by a comparison or facts and dates , that this charge is wholly without founda- tion . But if the cause of Colonel Camac's failure had been true as to the sum , which was the object of the ...
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