The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 33
... criminal , who pass judgment upon the greatest properties of a great country . The legal pub- lick emoluments , that belong to them , are very often so ina- dequate to the real dignity of the character , that it is im- possible , almost ...
... criminal , who pass judgment upon the greatest properties of a great country . The legal pub- lick emoluments , that belong to them , are very often so ina- dequate to the real dignity of the character , that it is im- possible , almost ...
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... 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 Mr. Hastings's power . After he had got the ...
... 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 Mr. Hastings's power . After he had got the ...
Page 43
Edmund Burke. daring as he is ( and he is the most daring criminal , that ever existed ) he never would dare to practice . Many , if not most , of the iniquities of his interiour bad administration have been perpetrated through these ...
Edmund Burke. daring as he is ( and he is the most daring criminal , that ever existed ) he never would dare to practice . Many , if not most , of the iniquities of his interiour bad administration have been perpetrated through these ...
Page 65
... criminal opening . For instance , if I stated yesterday to your lord- ships , as I did , the tyranny and cruelty of one of the usurp- ing viceroys , whose usurpation and whose vices led the way to the destruction of his country , and ...
... criminal opening . For instance , if I stated yesterday to your lord- ships , as I did , the tyranny and cruelty of one of the usurp- ing viceroys , whose usurpation and whose vices led the way to the destruction of his country , and ...
Page 99
... criminal justice and the exteriour forms of royalty . He obtained from the sovereign the dewannee . This is the great act of the constitutional entrance of the company into the body politick of India . It gave to the settlement of ...
... criminal justice and the exteriour forms of royalty . He obtained from the sovereign the dewannee . This is the great act of the constitutional entrance of the company into the body politick of India . It gave to the settlement of ...
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