The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 101
... ment came to be established and to supersede the native . The next step was the appointment of supervisors in every province , to oversee the native collector . The third was to establish a general council of revenue at Moorshedabad ...
... ment came to be established and to supersede the native . The next step was the appointment of supervisors in every province , to oversee the native collector . The third was to establish a general council of revenue at Moorshedabad ...
Page 127
... ment , or of the coarse barbarism of the language ? neither one nor the other . I produce it to your lordships to prove to you from this dreadful example the horrour which that government felt , when any person subject to it assumed to ...
... ment , or of the coarse barbarism of the language ? neither one nor the other . I produce it to your lordships to prove to you from this dreadful example the horrour which that government felt , when any person subject to it assumed to ...
Page 128
... ment , the law of the several powers of the country , taken from the Greek word KANON , which was brought into their country , and is well known . The next is the rage ul mulk , or common law and custom of the kingdom , equivalent to ...
... ment , the law of the several powers of the country , taken from the Greek word KANON , which was brought into their country , and is well known . The next is the rage ul mulk , or common law and custom of the kingdom , equivalent to ...
Page 134
... ment , if but for argument , that if one of the judges had re- ceived bribes before his appointment to an higher judiciary office , he would not still be open to prosecution . So far from admitting it as a plea in bar , we charge , and ...
... ment , if but for argument , that if one of the judges had re- ceived bribes before his appointment to an higher judiciary office , he would not still be open to prosecution . So far from admitting it as a plea in bar , we charge , and ...
Page 135
... ment . " If , for any other reasons , they come and say , " We thank you Sir , for all your services : " To that I answer , yes ; and I would thank him for his services too , if I knew them . But I do not ; -perhaps they do . Let them ...
... ment . " If , for any other reasons , they come and say , " We thank you Sir , for all your services : " To that I answer , yes ; and I would thank him for his services too , if I knew them . But I do not ; -perhaps they do . Let them ...
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