The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 131
... extorted money from him , he might do so by another . He resorts at first to the practice of barbarians and usurpers , at last he comes to his own . Now , if your lordships will try him by such maxims and principles , he is certainly ...
... extorted money from him , he might do so by another . He resorts at first to the practice of barbarians and usurpers , at last he comes to his own . Now , if your lordships will try him by such maxims and principles , he is certainly ...
Page 143
... extortion from the poor , or the heavy hand of power upon the rich and great . Has he enlarged No ; there are but too But his pretensions to These are his merits . What we charge as his demerits . are all of the same nature ; for though ...
... extortion from the poor , or the heavy hand of power upon the rich and great . Has he enlarged No ; there are but too But his pretensions to These are his merits . What we charge as his demerits . are all of the same nature ; for though ...
Page 170
... extortion might be clandestinely and safely carried on , provided the party tak- ing the bribes had an inward intention and mental reserva- tion , that they should be privately applied to the company's service , in any way the briber ...
... extortion might be clandestinely and safely carried on , provided the party tak- ing the bribes had an inward intention and mental reserva- tion , that they should be privately applied to the company's service , in any way the briber ...
Page 173
... extort by bribery and peculation what they can from them , for the purpose of applying it to the publick service ... extorting bribes for our benent , and you have the impudence to think of prosecuting him . So that the moment the bribe ...
... extort by bribery and peculation what they can from them , for the purpose of applying it to the publick service ... extorting bribes for our benent , and you have the impudence to think of prosecuting him . So that the moment the bribe ...
Page 197
... extorted from the miserable venders . When he had thus sold and separated these lands , he united the whole body of them , amounting to about 7,000l . sterling a year ( but according to the rate of money and living in that country ...
... extorted from the miserable venders . When he had thus sold and separated these lands , he united the whole body of them , amounting to about 7,000l . sterling a year ( but according to the rate of money and living in that country ...
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