The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... consequences . Mr. Hastings foresaw that the consequences of this system was corruption . An arbi- trary system , indeed , must always be a corrupt one . My Lords , there never was a man who thought he had no law but his own will , who ...
... consequences . Mr. Hastings foresaw that the consequences of this system was corruption . An arbi- trary system , indeed , must always be a corrupt one . My Lords , there never was a man who thought he had no law but his own will , who ...
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... consequences , he thinks himself bound to realize all the evil consequences involved in that system . All other men have taken a directly contrary course : they have said , " I have been en- gaged in an evil system , that led , indeed ...
... consequences , he thinks himself bound to realize all the evil consequences involved in that system . All other men have taken a directly contrary course : they have said , " I have been en- gaged in an evil system , that led , indeed ...
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... consequences did arise from it , they arose rather from his inattention to money than from his desire of ac- quiring it . I have stated to your Lordships the nature of the covenants which the East India Company sent out . Afterwards ...
... consequences did arise from it , they arose rather from his inattention to money than from his desire of ac- quiring it . I have stated to your Lordships the nature of the covenants which the East India Company sent out . Afterwards ...
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... consequences that followed it . — Now , my Lords , every office of trust , in its very nature , forbids the receipt of bribes . But Mr. Hast- ings was forbidden it , first , by his official situation , next , by covenant , and lastly ...
... consequences that followed it . — Now , my Lords , every office of trust , in its very nature , forbids the receipt of bribes . But Mr. Hast- ings was forbidden it , first , by his official situation , next , by covenant , and lastly ...
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... consequence of a miserable exaction by which more was attempted to be forced from the country than it was capable of yielding , and this by way of experiment , when your Lordships come to inquire who the farmers - general of the revenue ...
... consequence of a miserable exaction by which more was attempted to be forced from the country than it was capable of yielding , and this by way of experiment , when your Lordships come to inquire who the farmers - general of the revenue ...
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