The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page xi
... evil has been done in India under British authority , but what , asks Burke , has been done to redress it ? ' It will astonish posterity when they read our opinions in our actions , that after years of inquiry , we have found out that ...
... evil has been done in India under British authority , but what , asks Burke , has been done to redress it ? ' It will astonish posterity when they read our opinions in our actions , that after years of inquiry , we have found out that ...
Page 2
... evil , -to hold out to that conduct the paltry winking tapers of excuses and promises , -I never will do it . They may obscure it with their smoke , but they never can illumine sunshine by such a flame as theirs . I am sensible that no ...
... evil , -to hold out to that conduct the paltry winking tapers of excuses and promises , -I never will do it . They may obscure it with their smoke , but they never can illumine sunshine by such a flame as theirs . I am sensible that no ...
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... evil eminence , and imparted a sort of sinister dignity to proceedings that had their origin in only the meanest and blindest malice . In explaining to you the proceedings of parliament which have been complained of , I will state to ...
... evil eminence , and imparted a sort of sinister dignity to proceedings that had their origin in only the meanest and blindest malice . In explaining to you the proceedings of parliament which have been complained of , I will state to ...
Page 36
... evil . It was alleged , that this slow proceeding would be attended with the advantage of a progressive experience ; and that the people would grow reconciled to toleration , when they should find by the effects , that justice was not ...
... evil . It was alleged , that this slow proceeding would be attended with the advantage of a progressive experience ; and that the people would grow reconciled to toleration , when they should find by the effects , that justice was not ...
Page 44
... evil dispositions under the sanction of law and religion , if they could : if they could not , yet , to make way to their objects , they would do their utmost to subvert all religion and all law . This we certainly knew . But knowing ...
... evil dispositions under the sanction of law and religion , if they could : if they could not , yet , to make way to their objects , they would do their utmost to subvert all religion and all law . This we certainly knew . But knowing ...
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