The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 37
... oppression in any of his fellow - servants . He , who has taken a trifle perhaps as the reward of a good action , is obliged to be silent , when he sees whole nations desolated around him . The great criminal , at the head of the ...
... oppression in any of his fellow - servants . He , who has taken a trifle perhaps as the reward of a good action , is obliged to be silent , when he sees whole nations desolated around him . The great criminal , at the head of the ...
Page 39
... oppression ( it is the true education ) they are fit to oppress others . They serve an apprenticeship of servitude , to qualify them for the trade of tyranny . They know all the devices , all the little frauds , all the artifices and ...
... oppression ( it is the true education ) they are fit to oppress others . They serve an apprenticeship of servitude , to qualify them for the trade of tyranny . They know all the devices , all the little frauds , all the artifices and ...
Page 53
... oppression . I shall prove , in the course of this trial , that he has put his own menial domestick servant - a wretch totally dependent -a wretch grossly ignorant - the common instrument of his bribery and peculation ; -he has ...
... oppression . I shall prove , in the course of this trial , that he has put his own menial domestick servant - a wretch totally dependent -a wretch grossly ignorant - the common instrument of his bribery and peculation ; -he has ...
Page 74
... oppressed him , he opens his heart to the commanding officer of his new friends , allies , and protectors . The nabob , thus assured , did open himself , and informed Major Calliaud , that he had just received a message from the prince ...
... oppressed him , he opens his heart to the commanding officer of his new friends , allies , and protectors . The nabob , thus assured , did open himself , and informed Major Calliaud , that he had just received a message from the prince ...
Page 89
... oppressive trade , which was worse even than the tyranny of the sovereign . This trade Mr. Vansittart , the president about this time , that is in 1763 , who succeeded to Mr. Holwell , and was in close union of interests with the tyrant ...
... oppressive trade , which was worse even than the tyranny of the sovereign . This trade Mr. Vansittart , the president about this time , that is in 1763 , who succeeded to Mr. Holwell , and was in close union of interests with the tyrant ...
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