The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 81
... defence , of the state of the affairs of the country at that time ( that is , about the month of April 1760 ) is true and just , [ that is , the bad state of the country , which we shall consider hereafter ; ] that , in such ...
... defence , of the state of the affairs of the country at that time ( that is , about the month of April 1760 ) is true and just , [ that is , the bad state of the country , which we shall consider hereafter ; ] that , in such ...
Page 87
... defence , delivered in to the House of Com- mons , has produced as precedents and examples , which he has thought fit to follow , and which he thought would justify him in the conduct he has pursued . This Cossim Ally Cawn , after he ...
... defence , delivered in to the House of Com- mons , has produced as precedents and examples , which he has thought fit to follow , and which he thought would justify him in the conduct he has pursued . This Cossim Ally Cawn , after he ...
Page 103
... defence , delivered to the House of Com- mons , explicitly ; and more explicitly in his defence before your lordships . Nothing in Mr. Hastings's proceedings is so curious as his several defences ; and nothing in the de- fences is so ...
... defence , delivered to the House of Com- mons , explicitly ; and more explicitly in his defence before your lordships . Nothing in Mr. Hastings's proceedings is so curious as his several defences ; and nothing in the de- fences is so ...
Page 104
... defence , that actions in Asia do not bear the same moral qualities , which the same actions would bear in Europe . My lords , we positively deny that principle . I am au- thorized and called upon to deny it . And having stated at large ...
... defence , that actions in Asia do not bear the same moral qualities , which the same actions would bear in Europe . My lords , we positively deny that principle . I am au- thorized and called upon to deny it . And having stated at large ...
Page 108
... defence is , — to be robbed , violated , oppressed is their privilege - let the constitution of their country answer for it . - I did not make it for them . Slaves I found them , and as slaves I have treated them . I was a despotick ...
... defence is , — to be robbed , violated , oppressed is their privilege - let the constitution of their country answer for it . - I did not make it for them . Slaves I found them , and as slaves I have treated them . I was a despotick ...
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