The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 34
... authority , at that period of life , which , in all other places , has been em- ployed in the course of a rigid education . To put the mat- ter in a few words , they are transferred from slippery youth to perilous independence , from ...
... authority , at that period of life , which , in all other places , has been em- ployed in the course of a rigid education . To put the mat- ter in a few words , they are transferred from slippery youth to perilous independence , from ...
Page 41
... authority , and to the ruin of all , that is respectable among their own countrymen . They have subverted the first hous- es , totally ruined and undone the country , cheated and de- frauded the revenue ; the master a silent , sometimes ...
... authority , and to the ruin of all , that is respectable among their own countrymen . They have subverted the first hous- es , totally ruined and undone the country , cheated and de- frauded the revenue ; the master a silent , sometimes ...
Page 48
... authority , " out of thy own mouth will I judge thee , thou wicked servant . " Having gone through what I have been instructed might be necessary to state to your lordships concerning the com- pany's constitution , I mean the real ...
... authority , " out of thy own mouth will I judge thee , thou wicked servant . " Having gone through what I have been instructed might be necessary to state to your lordships concerning the com- pany's constitution , I mean the real ...
Page 55
... authority is of the greater weight , as the very destruction of all this scheme of govern- ment is the great object of the author . The author , Mr. Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what ...
... authority is of the greater weight , as the very destruction of all this scheme of govern- ment is the great object of the author . The author , Mr. Holwell , divides the country of Bengal into its different provinces . He supposes what ...
Page 59
... authority of many of them seemed entire . We are often led into mistakes concerning the go- vernment of Hindostan , by comparing it with those govern- ments where the prince is armed with a full , speculative , en- tire authority ; and ...
... authority of many of them seemed entire . We are often led into mistakes concerning the go- vernment of Hindostan , by comparing it with those govern- ments where the prince is armed with a full , speculative , en- tire authority ; and ...
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