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Page 21
... so clear , so solid , and so conclusive evidence of all kinds has been obtained
against him . I have no doubt , that in nine instances in ten the evidence is such
as would satisfy the narrow precision supposed to prevail , and to a degree
rightly ...
... so clear , so solid , and so conclusive evidence of all kinds has been obtained
against him . I have no doubt , that in nine instances in ten the evidence is such
as would satisfy the narrow precision supposed to prevail , and to a degree
rightly ...
Page 29
... commerce : it became that thing , which was supposed by the Roman law
irreconcileable to reason and propriety - eundem negotiatorem et dominum : the
same power became the general trader , the same power became the supreme
lord .
... commerce : it became that thing , which was supposed by the Roman law
irreconcileable to reason and propriety - eundem negotiatorem et dominum : the
same power became the general trader , the same power became the supreme
lord .
Page 60
In the receipt of both their own and the imperial revenue , their securities for
justice were in their own hands : but the policy of the Mogul princes very rarely
led them to push that people to such extremity , as it is supposed , that , on every
slight ...
In the receipt of both their own and the imperial revenue , their securities for
justice were in their own hands : but the policy of the Mogul princes very rarely
led them to push that people to such extremity , as it is supposed , that , on every
slight ...
Page 62
... which is supposed to amount to five millions sterling . By this purchase he
secured the exhausted remains of an exhausted kingdom , and left it to his
grandson Surajah w Dowlah in peace and poverty . On the fall of Surajah w
Dowlah , in ...
... which is supposed to amount to five millions sterling . By this purchase he
secured the exhausted remains of an exhausted kingdom , and left it to his
grandson Surajah w Dowlah in peace and poverty . On the fall of Surajah w
Dowlah , in ...
Page 74
I do not mean , my lords , by surrendering , that it was supposed 74 SPEECH IN
THE IMPEACHMENT.
I do not mean , my lords , by surrendering , that it was supposed 74 SPEECH IN
THE IMPEACHMENT.
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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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