The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 12
... ment had directly in view before them the whole of that monstrous head of corruption under the name of presents , and all the monstrous consequences that followed it . — Now , my Lords , every office of trust , in its very nature ...
... ment had directly in view before them the whole of that monstrous head of corruption under the name of presents , and all the monstrous consequences that followed it . — Now , my Lords , every office of trust , in its very nature ...
Page 22
... ment , lest it should be supposed that they , by their appointment under the act , could supersede the au- thority of the Directors . The Directors , sensible of the power left in them over their servants by the act of Parliament ...
... ment , lest it should be supposed that they , by their appointment under the act , could supersede the au- thority of the Directors . The Directors , sensible of the power left in them over their servants by the act of Parliament ...
Page 31
... ment of a most harsh , rigorous , and oppressive econo- my . He wishes the task were assigned to spirits of a less gentle kind . By Mr. Hastings's account , he was giving daily and hourly wounds to his humanity in depriving of their ...
... ment of a most harsh , rigorous , and oppressive econo- my . He wishes the task were assigned to spirits of a less gentle kind . By Mr. Hastings's account , he was giving daily and hourly wounds to his humanity in depriving of their ...
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... ment of the Court of Directors . He grants to his arrangement of convenience what he had refused to his duty , and replaces that magistrate . But mark the double character of the man , never true to any thing but fraud and duplicity ...
... ment of the Court of Directors . He grants to his arrangement of convenience what he had refused to his duty , and replaces that magistrate . But mark the double character of the man , never true to any thing but fraud and duplicity ...
Page 43
... ment the reporter , and oblivion the remembrancer : in short , such as I believe no man , but one driven by guilt into frenzy , could ever have dreamed of . He treats the official and regular Directors with just contempt , as a parcel ...
... ment the reporter , and oblivion the remembrancer : in short , such as I believe no man , but one driven by guilt into frenzy , could ever have dreamed of . He treats the official and regular Directors with just contempt , as a parcel ...
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