The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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Page 32
... never corrupt , but he is cruel ; he never dines with comfort , but where he is sure to create a famine . He never robs from the loose superfluity of standing greatness ; he devours the fallen , the indigent , the necessitous . His ...
... never corrupt , but he is cruel ; he never dines with comfort , but where he is sure to create a famine . He never robs from the loose superfluity of standing greatness ; he devours the fallen , the indigent , the necessitous . His ...
Page 38
... never gave . Many years passed ; even Parliament took notice of it ; and he never gave them a liberal explanation , or any explanation at all of them . A man may say , " I am threatened with a suit in a court , and it may be very disad ...
... never gave . Many years passed ; even Parliament took notice of it ; and he never gave them a liberal explanation , or any explanation at all of them . A man may say , " I am threatened with a suit in a court , and it may be very disad ...
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... never get at the money ; the Company can never receive it ; and before the House had squeezed out of him that some such money had been received , he never once told the Court of Directors that his black bribe - agent , whom he ...
... never get at the money ; the Company can never receive it ; and before the House had squeezed out of him that some such money had been received , he never once told the Court of Directors that his black bribe - agent , whom he ...
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