The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... House of Lords in this kingdom ( which comes near the case I am going to state ) separately the subject of assessment , such a thing would be con- trary to all the principles of regular and just taxa- tion in any country in the universe ...
... House of Lords in this kingdom ( which comes near the case I am going to state ) separately the subject of assessment , such a thing would be con- trary to all the principles of regular and just taxa- tion in any country in the universe ...
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... house , of his mother and grandmother , were guarantied by us . I must inform your Lordships , that , upon some of our other exactions at an earlier period , the Nabob had endeavored to levy a forced loan upon the jaghiredars . This ...
... house , of his mother and grandmother , were guarantied by us . I must inform your Lordships , that , upon some of our other exactions at an earlier period , the Nabob had endeavored to levy a forced loan upon the jaghiredars . This ...
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... this time Mr. Hastings had received infor- mation of our inquiries in the House of Commons into his conduct ; and this is the manner in which he pre- pares to meet them . " I must get money 28 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... this time Mr. Hastings had received infor- mation of our inquiries in the House of Commons into his conduct ; and this is the manner in which he pre- pares to meet them . " I must get money 28 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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... House of Commons , a British House of Lords , or any other tribunal in the king- dom ; but let me get money enough , and they won't care how I get it . The estates of whole bodies of nobility may be confiscated ; a people who had lived ...
... House of Commons , a British House of Lords , or any other tribunal in the king- dom ; but let me get money enough , and they won't care how I get it . The estates of whole bodies of nobility may be confiscated ; a people who had lived ...
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... House of Commons , and afterwards at the bar of the House of Lords . If your Lordships , in your sacred charac- ter of the first tribunal in the world , should by your judgment justify those proceedings , you will sanc- tion the ...
... House of Commons , and afterwards at the bar of the House of Lords . If your Lordships , in your sacred charac- ter of the first tribunal in the world , should by your judgment justify those proceedings , you will sanc- tion the ...
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