The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 32
... whole of the East - India Company's system is monopoly in some sense or other . The same principle predominates in the service abroad , and the service at home ; and both systems are united into one , animated with the same spirit ...
... whole of the East - India Company's system is monopoly in some sense or other . The same principle predominates in the service abroad , and the service at home ; and both systems are united into one , animated with the same spirit ...
Page 37
... whole nations desolated around him . The great criminal , at the head of the service , has the laws in his hand ; he is always able to prove the small offence , and crush the person , who has committed it . This is one grand source of ...
... whole nations desolated around him . The great criminal , at the head of the service , has the laws in his hand ; he is always able to prove the small offence , and crush the person , who has committed it . This is one grand source of ...
Page 39
... whole service . There is one member of the service , which I have omit- ted ; but whether I ought to have put it first , or , as I do now , last , I must confess I am at some loss ; because , though it appears to be the lowest ( if any ...
... whole service . There is one member of the service , which I have omit- ted ; but whether I ought to have put it first , or , as I do now , last , I must confess I am at some loss ; because , though it appears to be the lowest ( if any ...
Page 43
... constitution , that almost their whole government shall be a written government . Your lordships will observe , in the course of the proceeding , the The propriety of opening fully to you this circumstance in OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 43.
... constitution , that almost their whole government shall be a written government . Your lordships will observe , in the course of the proceeding , the The propriety of opening fully to you this circumstance in OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 43.
Page 73
... whole proceeding , that I hope I shall not be blamed for suspending for a moment the narrative of the steps taken towards the revolution , that you may see the whole of this episode together ; that by it you may judge of the causes ...
... whole proceeding , that I hope I shall not be blamed for suspending for a moment the narrative of the steps taken towards the revolution , that you may see the whole of this episode together ; that by it you may judge of the causes ...
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