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Page 19
... must be tried as men , and with a very large allowance indeed , to human
infirmity and human errour . This , my lords , we knew , and we weighed before
we came before you . But the crimes , which we charge in these articles , are not
lapses ...
... must be tried as men , and with a very large allowance indeed , to human
infirmity and human errour . This , my lords , we knew , and we weighed before
we came before you . But the crimes , which we charge in these articles , are not
lapses ...
Page 49
This I hope to do · with the usual allowance to errours and mistakes , which is the
claim of human infirmity . Then , my lords , two distinct people inhabit India . Two
sorts of people inhabit the same country , as totally distinct from each other in ...
This I hope to do · with the usual allowance to errours and mistakes , which is the
claim of human infirmity . Then , my lords , two distinct people inhabit India . Two
sorts of people inhabit the same country , as totally distinct from each other in ...
Page 65
... persons without regard to the interests of the service at large : increasing rather
than lessening the means of illicit emolument , as well as loading the company
with many heavy and ruinous expenses in avowed salaries and allowances .
... persons without regard to the interests of the service at large : increasing rather
than lessening the means of illicit emolument , as well as loading the company
with many heavy and ruinous expenses in avowed salaries and allowances .
Page 95
He was nor , and because there was none illegitimate left . instantly stripped of
the allowance of his progenitors , and reduced to a pension of 160,000 a year .
He still exists , and continued to the end of Mr. Hastings's government , to furnish
...
He was nor , and because there was none illegitimate left . instantly stripped of
the allowance of his progenitors , and reduced to a pension of 160,000 a year .
He still exists , and continued to the end of Mr. Hastings's government , to furnish
...
Page 160
We shall certainly I hope render it clear to your lordships , that it was not paid in
this manner , as a daily allowance , but given in a gross sum . But take it in his
own way , it was no less illegal , and no less contrary to his covenant ; but if true ...
We shall certainly I hope render it clear to your lordships , that it was not paid in
this manner , as a daily allowance , but given in a gross sum . But take it in his
own way , it was no less illegal , and no less contrary to his covenant ; but if true ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wells and Lilly, 1827 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
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