The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 77
... prince never claimed arbitrary power , that the principles he adopted were to govern by law , to repress the oppressions of his inferior governours , to re- cognise in the nobility the respect due to their rank , and in the people the ...
... prince never claimed arbitrary power , that the principles he adopted were to govern by law , to repress the oppressions of his inferior governours , to re- cognise in the nobility the respect due to their rank , and in the people the ...
Page 135
... ? Will you permit that , for the purpose of extorting money , a governour shall hold out the terrible threat of delivering a tributary prince K 4 and and his people , bound hand and foot , into OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 135.
... ? Will you permit that , for the purpose of extorting money , a governour shall hold out the terrible threat of delivering a tributary prince K 4 and and his people , bound hand and foot , into OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 135.
Page 145
... prince to a tyrant , and cannot decide whether he should take from him his forts , and pillage him of all he had ; whether he should raise 500,000l . upon him , whether he should ac- cept the 220,000 7. offered ( which by the way we ...
... prince to a tyrant , and cannot decide whether he should take from him his forts , and pillage him of all he had ; whether he should raise 500,000l . upon him , whether he should ac- cept the 220,000 7. offered ( which by the way we ...
Page 160
... prince , en- deavoured by the arrest of his person , by a contemptuous disregard to his submissive appli- cations , by the appointment of a deputy , who was personally odious to him , and by the terrour of still greater insults , he ...
... prince , en- deavoured by the arrest of his person , by a contemptuous disregard to his submissive appli- cations , by the appointment of a deputy , who was personally odious to him , and by the terrour of still greater insults , he ...
Page 162
Edmund Burke. An patient witness of such wrongs ? The subjects of this unfortunate prince did what we should have done ; what all who love their country , who love their liberty , who love their laws , who love their property , who love ...
Edmund Burke. An patient witness of such wrongs ? The subjects of this unfortunate prince did what we should have done ; what all who love their country , who love their liberty , who love their laws , who love their property , who love ...
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