The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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Page 108
... thing may look specious in theory , and yet be ruinous in practice ; a thing may look evil in theory , and yet be in its practice excellent . Here a thing in theory , stated by Mr. Hastings to be pro- ductive of much good , is in ...
... thing may look specious in theory , and yet be ruinous in practice ; a thing may look evil in theory , and yet be in its practice excellent . Here a thing in theory , stated by Mr. Hastings to be pro- ductive of much good , is in ...
Page 165
... thing like the direct evidence of the thing itself : because the former might be suspected of exaggeration ; you might think that which was really fact to be nothing but the coloring of the person that explained it ; and therefore I ...
... thing like the direct evidence of the thing itself : because the former might be suspected of exaggeration ; you might think that which was really fact to be nothing but the coloring of the person that explained it ; and therefore I ...
Page 411
... thing I would remark on this ( and I be- lieve your Lordships have rather gone before me in the remark ) is , that Mr. Hastings came down to Cal- cutta on the 5th of February ; that then , or a few days after , he calls to him his ...
... thing I would remark on this ( and I be- lieve your Lordships have rather gone before me in the remark ) is , that Mr. Hastings came down to Cal- cutta on the 5th of February ; that then , or a few days after , he calls to him his ...
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