The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 122
... proof of the oppression , whether on the property or the person , the decision , which I passed between them , was agreeable to the sacred law . And I did not cause any one person to suffer for the guilt of another . " Those , who had ...
... proof of the oppression , whether on the property or the person , the decision , which I passed between them , was agreeable to the sacred law . And I did not cause any one person to suffer for the guilt of another . " Those , who had ...
Page 129
... proof , by the division of the functions and au- thorities , that the supreme power of the state in the Mogul empire did , by no means , delegate to any of its officers the supreme power in its fulness . Whether or no we have de ...
... proof , by the division of the functions and au- thorities , that the supreme power of the state in the Mogul empire did , by no means , delegate to any of its officers the supreme power in its fulness . Whether or no we have de ...
Page 136
... proof of the ter- rour , into which those persons are thrown by my miscon- duct ? My lords , these are , I believe , the general grounds of our charge - I have now closed completely , and I hope , to your lordships ' satisfaction , the ...
... proof of the ter- rour , into which those persons are thrown by my miscon- duct ? My lords , these are , I believe , the general grounds of our charge - I have now closed completely , and I hope , to your lordships ' satisfaction , the ...
Page 137
... proof of the crimes , your lordships will hear me with the same goodness and indulgence I have hitherto experienced ; that you will consider , if I have detained you long , it was not with a view of exhausting my own strength , or ...
... proof of the crimes , your lordships will hear me with the same goodness and indulgence I have hitherto experienced ; that you will consider , if I have detained you long , it was not with a view of exhausting my own strength , or ...
Page 143
... proofs of his lessening it . merit are , that he squeezed more money out of the inhabi- tants of the country than other persons could have done , money got by oppression , violence , extortion from the poor , or the heavy hand of power ...
... proofs of his lessening it . merit are , that he squeezed more money out of the inhabi- tants of the country than other persons could have done , money got by oppression , violence , extortion from the poor , or the heavy hand of power ...
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