The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 89
... the treaty of Monghir , agreed very much to suppress and to confine within something like reasonable bounds , There never was a doubt on the face council , the company's ser- were the advocates of the OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 89.
... the treaty of Monghir , agreed very much to suppress and to confine within something like reasonable bounds , There never was a doubt on the face council , the company's ser- were the advocates of the OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 89.
Page 90
... never been investigated to the bottom . But we have it on record , that a great sum ( 70,000l . ) was paid to persons concerned in that negotiation . The rest were ex- ceedingly wroth to see themselves not profiting by the ne- gotiation ...
... never been investigated to the bottom . But we have it on record , that a great sum ( 70,000l . ) was paid to persons concerned in that negotiation . The rest were ex- ceedingly wroth to see themselves not profiting by the ne- gotiation ...
Page 106
... never incorporated with their conquer- ours , were kept in order only by the strong hand of power . The constant necessity of similar exertions would increase at once their energy and extent , so that rebellion itself is the parent and ...
... never incorporated with their conquer- ours , were kept in order only by the strong hand of power . The constant necessity of similar exertions would increase at once their energy and extent , so that rebellion itself is the parent and ...
Page 110
... never suffer the exercise of it to be practised upon any less solid founda- tion than the power itself . If then all dominion of man over man is the effect of the divine disposition , it is bound by the eternal laws of Him , that gave ...
... never suffer the exercise of it to be practised upon any less solid founda- tion than the power itself . If then all dominion of man over man is the effect of the divine disposition , it is bound by the eternal laws of Him , that gave ...
Page 113
... never done ) , but if it should ever abuse its judicial power , and give such a judgment as it ought not to give ... never conferred or delegated by you ; much less , arbitrary power , which never did in any OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 113.
... never done ) , but if it should ever abuse its judicial power , and give such a judgment as it ought not to give ... never conferred or delegated by you ; much less , arbitrary power , which never did in any OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 113.
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