The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeS. Holdsworth, 1837 |
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... England at the time of the Invasion VII . Of the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons BOOK III . CHAP . I. View of the State of Europe at the time of the Nor- man Invasion 414 - Letters ( to the Lord Chancellor , to the Earl Bathurst ...
... England at the time of the Invasion VII . Of the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons BOOK III . CHAP . I. View of the State of Europe at the time of the Nor- man Invasion 414 - Letters ( to the Lord Chancellor , to the Earl Bathurst ...
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... England . But as this regulation rather pre- appears to them of leading importance ) of relief sumes than provides for an enquiry into their con- given to the natives against the corruptions or duct , a very ordinary neglect in the ...
... England . But as this regulation rather pre- appears to them of leading importance ) of relief sumes than provides for an enquiry into their con- given to the natives against the corruptions or duct , a very ordinary neglect in the ...
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... England ; but not that , which went outward . They might know something , but that very imperfectly , and unsystematically , of the state of affairs ; but they were neither authorized to ad- vance nor to retard any measure taken by the ...
... England ; but not that , which went outward . They might know something , but that very imperfectly , and unsystematically , of the state of affairs ; but they were neither authorized to ad- vance nor to retard any measure taken by the ...
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... England , and this is called the Bengal . Cossim Ali Khân , ( the nabob , whom The greatness of this Investment the company's servants had lately set up , and has been the standard , by which the merit of the newly expelled , ) during ...
... England , and this is called the Bengal . Cossim Ali Khân , ( the nabob , whom The greatness of this Investment the company's servants had lately set up , and has been the standard , by which the merit of the newly expelled , ) during ...
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... England to Europe to India , consist chiefly of mi- litary and naval stores , of clothing for troops , and of other objects for the consumption of the Europeans residing there ; and , excepting some lead , copper utensils , and sheet ...
... England to Europe to India , consist chiefly of mi- litary and naval stores , of clothing for troops , and of other objects for the consumption of the Europeans residing there ; and , excepting some lead , copper utensils , and sheet ...
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affairs aforesaid allies appear appointed assert authority Barwell Begum Benares Bengal Berar Bristow British Calcutta cause charge Chunar committee company's conduct constitution court of directors declared demand duty effect encrease enemy engagements England English enquiry Esquire Europe evil expence faith favour Fort William France Fyzabad give governour governour-general and council honour interest Ireland jacobin jaghires justice king letter liberty Lord Lucknow Mahomed Reza Khân Mahrattas manner matter means measure ment Middleton ministers Munny Begum Nabob Fyzoola Khân nabob of Oude nation native nature negociation negroes never object obliged opinion oppression parliament party peace person possession present pretended prince principles proceedings proposed province publick rajah ranna reason received regicide republick resident revenue Rohillas rupees Scindia servants shew sovereign spirit suffer thing tion trade transaction treaty troops vizier Warren Hastings whilst whole
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Seite 271 - Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of founder of a family: I should have left a son who, in all the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment and every liberal accomplishment...
Seite 323 - And turn the unwilling steeds another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the saved candle and unopening door ; . While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat.
Seite 265 - He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command that the time required.
Seite 272 - Sion— as long as the British monarchy, not more limited than fenced by the orders of the state, shall, like the proud Keep of Windsor, rising in the majesty of proportion, and girt with the double belt of its kindred and coeval towers...
Seite 273 - As long as our sovereign lord the king, and his faithful subjects the Lords and commons of this realm, the triple cord which no man can break; the solemn sworn constitutional frankpledge of this nation; the firm guarantees of each other's being, and each other's rights; the joint and several securities, each in its place and order for every kind and every quality of property and of dignity...
Seite 272 - But a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dispute, has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better.
Seite 368 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Seite 225 - An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Seite 122 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.