The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
... arbitrary power , in whatever shape it appeared , whether under the veil of legitimacy , or skulking in the disguise of state necessity , or presenting the shameless front of usurpation ; whether the prescriptive claim of ascen- dency ...
... arbitrary power , in whatever shape it appeared , whether under the veil of legitimacy , or skulking in the disguise of state necessity , or presenting the shameless front of usurpation ; whether the prescriptive claim of ascen- dency ...
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... arbitrary power . The conduct and event of this cause will put an end to such doubts , wherever they may be entertained . Your lordships will exercise the great plenary powers , with which you are invested , in a manner , that will do ...
... arbitrary power . The conduct and event of this cause will put an end to such doubts , wherever they may be entertained . Your lordships will exercise the great plenary powers , with which you are invested , in a manner , that will do ...
Page 104
Edmund Burke. subject in power ; and on these , and these principles only , he will be tried . But he has told your lordships ... arbitrary power , and accord- ingly I did exercise it . It was disagreeable to 104 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Edmund Burke. subject in power ; and on these , and these principles only , he will be tried . But he has told your lordships ... arbitrary power , and accord- ingly I did exercise it . It was disagreeable to 104 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 106
... arbitrary power and force , if it deserves to be called by the name of law . " If , therefore , " says he , " the sovereignty of Benares , as ceded to us by the vizier , have any rights whatever annexed to it , ( and be not a mere empty ...
... arbitrary power and force , if it deserves to be called by the name of law . " If , therefore , " says he , " the sovereignty of Benares , as ceded to us by the vizier , have any rights whatever annexed to it , ( and be not a mere empty ...
Page 107
... powers , but from its visible effects , and those are every where the same from Cabool to Assam . The whole history of Asia is nothing more than precedents to prove the invariable exercise of arbitrary power . To all this I strongly ...
... powers , but from its visible effects , and those are every where the same from Cabool to Assam . The whole history of Asia is nothing more than precedents to prove the invariable exercise of arbitrary power . To all this I strongly ...
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