The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 196
... bonds and fetters compelled them to sign their own ruin by an increase of rent , which they knew they could never realize . 1 Having thus gotten them under , he added exaction to ex- action , so that every day announced some new and ...
... bonds and fetters compelled them to sign their own ruin by an increase of rent , which they knew they could never realize . 1 Having thus gotten them under , he added exaction to ex- action , so that every day announced some new and ...
Page 247
... bond of a social and moral community ; -- all the Commons of England re- senting , as their own , the indignities and cruelties , that are offered to all the people of India . Do we want a tribunal ? My lords , no example of an- tiquity ...
... bond of a social and moral community ; -- all the Commons of England re- senting , as their own , the indignities and cruelties , that are offered to all the people of India . Do we want a tribunal ? My lords , no example of an- tiquity ...
Page 339
... bond of iniquity , somewhere or other , which was able to impose in the first instance upon the solicitor , the guilt of which being of another nature I shall state hereafter , that your lordships may be able to dis- cover , through ...
... bond of iniquity , somewhere or other , which was able to impose in the first instance upon the solicitor , the guilt of which being of another nature I shall state hereafter , that your lordships may be able to dis- cover , through ...
Page 345
... bonds and obligations destroyed , the act of parliament re- pealed , and it is no longer bribery ; it is no longer corrup- tion , it is no longer peculation ; it is nothing but thanks for obliging inquiries , and a compliment according ...
... bonds and obligations destroyed , the act of parliament re- pealed , and it is no longer bribery ; it is no longer corrup- tion , it is no longer peculation ; it is nothing but thanks for obliging inquiries , and a compliment according ...
Page 398
... bonds , upon two different securi- ties , antedated to the first and second of October , for the three lacks , which he before told them was two - thirds his own money , and one - third the company's . He now declares the whole of it to ...
... bonds , upon two different securi- ties , antedated to the first and second of October , for the three lacks , which he before told them was two - thirds his own money , and one - third the company's . He now declares the whole of it to ...
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