The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 53
... 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 enthroned him , I say , on ...
... 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 enthroned him , I say , on ...
Page 84
... prove , leaving the effect of them to you ) very dis- honourable , I believe , to Cossim Ally Cawn in the business , and to some Englishmen , who were concerned . The difficulty of getting rid of Meeran being thus remov- ed , Mr ...
... prove , leaving the effect of them to you ) very dis- honourable , I believe , to Cossim Ally Cawn in the business , and to some Englishmen , who were concerned . The difficulty of getting rid of Meeran being thus remov- ed , Mr ...
Page 107
... prove the invariable exercise of arbitrary power . To all this I strongly alluded in the minutes I delivered in council , when the treaty with the new vizier was on foot in 1775 ; and I wished to make Cheit Sing independent , because in ...
... prove the invariable exercise of arbitrary power . To all this I strongly alluded in the minutes I delivered in council , when the treaty with the new vizier was on foot in 1775 ; and I wished to make Cheit Sing independent , because in ...
Page 125
... prove , that it is , the plea founded on Mr. Hastings's geographical morality is annihilated . I little regard the theories of travellers , where they do not relate the facts , on which they are founded . I have two VOL . VII . 16 ...
... prove , that it is , the plea founded on Mr. Hastings's geographical morality is annihilated . I little regard the theories of travellers , where they do not relate the facts , on which they are founded . I have two VOL . VII . 16 ...
Page 126
... exquisitely tormenting . " : My lords , you are struck with horrour , I am struck with horrour , at this punishment . I do not relate it to approve of such a barbarous act ; but to prove to your 126 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... exquisitely tormenting . " : My lords , you are struck with horrour , I am struck with horrour , at this punishment . I do not relate it to approve of such a barbarous act ; but to prove to your 126 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
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