The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 86
... governour taking this opportunity of pay- ing the usual visit of respect to the nabob , and in a manner , which a new governour coming into place would do , with the detail of which it is not necessary to trouble you . Mr. Hastings was ...
... governour taking this opportunity of pay- ing the usual visit of respect to the nabob , and in a manner , which a new governour coming into place would do , with the detail of which it is not necessary to trouble you . Mr. Hastings was ...
Page 100
... governour Verelst ) had not weight enough to poise the system of the service , and con- sequently many abuses and grievances again prevailed- supervisors were appointed to every district , as a check on the native collectors , and to ...
... governour Verelst ) had not weight enough to poise the system of the service , and con- sequently many abuses and grievances again prevailed- supervisors were appointed to every district , as a check on the native collectors , and to ...
Page 102
... governour- general . The first thing , in considering the merits or demerits of any governour , is to have some test , by which they are to be tried . And here , my lords , we conceive , that when a British governour is sent abroad , he ...
... governour- general . The first thing , in considering the merits or demerits of any governour , is to have some test , by which they are to be tried . And here , my lords , we conceive , that when a British governour is sent abroad , he ...
Page 103
... governour , ought to govern on British principles , not by British forms - God for- bid ; for , if ever there was a case , in which the letter kills and the spirit gives life , it would be an attempt to introduce British forms and the ...
... governour , ought to govern on British principles , not by British forms - God for- bid ; for , if ever there was a case , in which the letter kills and the spirit gives life , it would be an attempt to introduce British forms and the ...
Page 104
... Governour of the universe , or by their relation to mankind , but by climates , degrees of lon- gitude , parallels not of life but of latitudes ; as if , when you have crossed the equinoctial , all the virtues die , as they say some ...
... Governour of the universe , or by their relation to mankind , but by climates , degrees of lon- gitude , parallels not of life but of latitudes ; as if , when you have crossed the equinoctial , all the virtues die , as they say some ...
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