The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page ix
... condition of India , wherein every legal , regular authority in matters of revenue , of political administration , of criminal law , of civil law , in many of the most essential parts of military discipline , is laid level with the ...
... condition of India , wherein every legal , regular authority in matters of revenue , of political administration , of criminal law , of civil law , in many of the most essential parts of military discipline , is laid level with the ...
Page xi
... condition of the Carnatic after the desolating havoc wrought by Hyder Ali is de- scribed in a passage as vivid as any in the language , while the history , laws , religious rites and ceremonies , and the technicalities of Indian finance ...
... condition of the Carnatic after the desolating havoc wrought by Hyder Ali is de- scribed in a passage as vivid as any in the language , while the history , laws , religious rites and ceremonies , and the technicalities of Indian finance ...
Page 19
... condition of our nature is such , that we buy our blessings at a price . The Reformation , one of the greatest periods of human improvement , was a time of trouble and confusion . The vast structure of superstition and tyranny , which ...
... condition of our nature is such , that we buy our blessings at a price . The Reformation , one of the greatest periods of human improvement , was a time of trouble and confusion . The vast structure of superstition and tyranny , which ...
Page 23
... condition of perpetual banishment . A brother of the Earl of Shrewsbury , a Talbot , a name respectable in this country , whilst its glory is any part of its concern , was hauled to the bar of the Old Bailey , among common felons , and ...
... condition of perpetual banishment . A brother of the Earl of Shrewsbury , a Talbot , a name respectable in this country , whilst its glory is any part of its concern , was hauled to the bar of the Old Bailey , among common felons , and ...
Page 29
... condition to set our malice at de- fiance , that with them , we are willing to contract engagements of friendship , and to keep them with fidelity and honour : but that , because we conceive some descriptions of our countrymen are not ...
... condition to set our malice at de- fiance , that with them , we are willing to contract engagements of friendship , and to keep them with fidelity and honour : but that , because we conceive some descriptions of our countrymen are not ...
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