The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 113
... thought , which is suggested by the depravity of him , who brings it forward , is supported by a gross confusion of ideas and principles , which your lordships well know , how to discern and separate . It is manifest , that in the ...
... thought , which is suggested by the depravity of him , who brings it forward , is supported by a gross confusion of ideas and principles , which your lordships well know , how to discern and separate . It is manifest , that in the ...
Page 117
... thought fit to say , is what he holds to ; the constitution he flies away from . The question is , whether you will take the constitution of the country as your rule , or the base practices of those usurpers , robbers , and tyrants ...
... thought fit to say , is what he holds to ; the constitution he flies away from . The question is , whether you will take the constitution of the country as your rule , or the base practices of those usurpers , robbers , and tyrants ...
Page 118
... thought proper to say , that it will be happy for India ( though soon after he tells you it is an happiness they can never enjoy ) " when the despotick institutes of Genghiz Khân or Tamerlane shall give place to the liberal spirit of a ...
... thought proper to say , that it will be happy for India ( though soon after he tells you it is an happiness they can never enjoy ) " when the despotick institutes of Genghiz Khân or Tamerlane shall give place to the liberal spirit of a ...
Page 132
... thought the language of an igno- rant man . But I beg your lordships ' pardon ; it is the lan- guage of an ignorant man ; for no man , who was not full of a bold , determined , profligate ignorance could ever think of such a system of ...
... thought the language of an igno- rant man . But I beg your lordships ' pardon ; it is the lan- guage of an ignorant man ; for no man , who was not full of a bold , determined , profligate ignorance could ever think of such a system of ...
Page 141
... thought he had no law but his own will , who did not soon find , that he had no end but his own profit . Cor- ruption and arbitrary power are of natural unequivocal ge- neration , necessarily producing one another . Mr. Hastings ...
... thought he had no law but his own will , who did not soon find , that he had no end but his own profit . Cor- ruption and arbitrary power are of natural unequivocal ge- neration , necessarily producing one another . Mr. Hastings ...
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