The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... allowance indeed , to human in- firmity 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 , defects , errours , of common human ...
... allowance indeed , to human in- firmity 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 , defects , errours , of common human ...
Page 49
... 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 characters , lives ...
... 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 characters , lives ...
Page 65
... allowances . Having requested your lordships to keep in mind , which I trust you would do , even without my taking the liberty of suggesting it to you , these necessary distinctions ; I shall revert to the period , at which I closed ...
... allowances . Having requested your lordships to keep in mind , which I trust you would do , even without my taking the liberty of suggesting it to you , these necessary distinctions ; I shall revert to the period , at which I closed ...
Page 95
... allowance of his progenitors , and re- duced to a pension of 160,000 a year . He still exists , and continued to the end of Mr. Hastings's government , to fur- nish constant sources of bribery and plunder to him and his creatures . The ...
... allowance of his progenitors , and re- duced to a pension of 160,000 a year . He still exists , and continued to the end of Mr. Hastings's government , to fur- nish constant sources of bribery and plunder to him and his creatures . The ...
Page 160
... 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 under the circumstances , it was an horrible aggravation of his crime . The first thing ...
... 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 under the circumstances , it was an horrible aggravation of his crime . The first thing ...
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