The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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Page 10
... execute them , and suspended the execution of them , till they had enriched themselves with presents . Eleven months elapsed , and it was not till Lord Clive reached the place of his destination that the covenants were executed and they ...
... execute them , and suspended the execution of them , till they had enriched themselves with presents . Eleven months elapsed , and it was not till Lord Clive reached the place of his destination that the covenants were executed and they ...
Page 36
... execution of justice which he was not accused of having sold in the most flagitious manner . - After all this thundering the sky grew calm and clear , and Mr. Hastings sat with recorded peculation , with peculation proved upon oath on ...
... execution of justice which he was not accused of having sold in the most flagitious manner . - After all this thundering the sky grew calm and clear , and Mr. Hastings sat with recorded peculation , with peculation proved upon oath on ...
Page 91
... execution got the better of the impotent resistance of unarmed and undisciplined despair . I am tired with the detail of the cruelties of peace . I spare you those of a cruel and inhuman war , and of the executions which , without law ...
... execution got the better of the impotent resistance of unarmed and undisciplined despair . I am tired with the detail of the cruelties of peace . I spare you those of a cruel and inhuman war , and of the executions which , without law ...
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