The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 35
... rule in the service , a rule confirmed even by the attempts , that were made to correct it , ( I mean , confirmed by Sir Elijah Impey , when , under the auspices of Mr. Hastings , he undertook to be legislator for India ) that the ...
... rule in the service , a rule confirmed even by the attempts , that were made to correct it , ( I mean , confirmed by Sir Elijah Impey , when , under the auspices of Mr. Hastings , he undertook to be legislator for India ) that the ...
Page 36
... rule , to renew these covenants at these times by something , ( I speak without of- fence ) which may be said to resemble confirmation in the church . They are obliged to renew their obligation in par- ticular to receive no gifts ...
... rule , to renew these covenants at these times by something , ( I speak without of- fence ) which may be said to resemble confirmation in the church . They are obliged to renew their obligation in par- ticular to receive no gifts ...
Page 38
... rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he left his government and among his last acts , to pass a general act of pardon and in- demnity , and at once ordered the whole body of the prose ...
... rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he left his government and among his last acts , to pass a general act of pardon and in- demnity , and at once ordered the whole body of the prose ...
Page 42
... rules and separate privileges of which that people exists . He , who has dominion over the cast , has an absolute power over something more than life and fortune . Such is that first or last ( I know not which to call it ) or- der in ...
... rules and separate privileges of which that people exists . He , who has dominion over the cast , has an absolute power over something more than life and fortune . Such is that first or last ( I know not which to call it ) or- der in ...
Page 52
... rules of what , amongst them , is called his cast . It may be necessary just to state to your lordships what a cast ... rule of cast has , with them , given one power more to fortune , than the manners of any other 52 SPEECH IN THE ...
... rules of what , amongst them , is called his cast . It may be necessary just to state to your lordships what a cast ... rule of cast has , with them , given one power more to fortune , than the manners of any other 52 SPEECH IN THE ...
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