The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 82
... arbitrary and unjust act of power the whole landed property of Bengal from the owners to strangers . That , to accomplish this iniquitous purpose , he , the said Warren Hastings , did put the lands of Bengal up to a pretended public ...
... arbitrary and unjust act of power the whole landed property of Bengal from the owners to strangers . That , to accomplish this iniquitous purpose , he , the said Warren Hastings , did put the lands of Bengal up to a pretended public ...
Page 103
... power all representations of the state of the court and country aforesaid , and to subject both the one and the other to his own arbitrary will , and to draw to himself and to his creatures the management of the Nabob's revenues , in ...
... power all representations of the state of the court and country aforesaid , and to subject both the one and the other to his own arbitrary will , and to draw to himself and to his creatures the management of the Nabob's revenues , in ...
Page 343
... arbitrary power . The conduct and event of this cause will put an end to such doubts , wherever they may be entertained . SPEECH IN OPENING . FIRST DAY . 343.
... arbitrary power . The conduct and event of this cause will put an end to such doubts , wherever they may be entertained . SPEECH IN OPENING . FIRST DAY . 343.
Page 448
... arbitrary power to exercise : I exercised it . Slaves I found the people : slaves they are , they are so by their constitution ; and if they are , I did not make it for them . I was unfortunately bound to exercise this arbitrary ...
... arbitrary power to exercise : I exercised it . Slaves I found the people : slaves they are , they are so by their constitution ; and if they are , I did not make it for them . I was unfortunately bound to exercise this arbitrary ...
Page 449
... power and authority Mr. Hastings went out to India . Can your Lordships ... arbitrary and despotic , and , as he supposes , Oriental principles . And as ... power , or powers of that nature , were delegated to me by any ...
... power and authority Mr. Hastings went out to India . Can your Lordships ... arbitrary and despotic , and , as he supposes , Oriental principles . And as ... power , or powers of that nature , were delegated to me by any ...
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