The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 12
... hand and say , " You shall not make my name your sanction for such an atrocious and abominable act as this confiscation would be . " Mr. Hastings , however , whilst he gives , with an ... hands , you turn 12 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... hand and say , " You shall not make my name your sanction for such an atrocious and abominable act as this confiscation would be . " Mr. Hastings , however , whilst he gives , with an ... hands , you turn 12 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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Edmund Burke. his own profits with his own hands , you turn him into a pensioner upon the public treasury . I can conceive that such a measure will render these per- sons miserable dependants instead of independent nobility ; but I ...
Edmund Burke. his own profits with his own hands , you turn him into a pensioner upon the public treasury . I can conceive that such a measure will render these per- sons miserable dependants instead of independent nobility ; but I ...
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... left these estates in the hands of their owners , and to have oppressed them in some moderate , decent way ? Might they not have left the jaghiredars to raise the sums required by some SPEECH IN REPLY . 25 - FIFTH DAY .
... left these estates in the hands of their owners , and to have oppressed them in some moderate , decent way ? Might they not have left the jaghiredars to raise the sums required by some SPEECH IN REPLY . 25 - FIFTH DAY .
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... hands of foreign usurers : they will care for none of these things ; they will suffer me to do all this , and to employ in it the force of British troops , whom I have described as a set of robbers , provided I can get money . " These ...
... hands of foreign usurers : they will care for none of these things ; they will suffer me to do all this , and to employ in it the force of British troops , whom I have described as a set of robbers , provided I can get money . " These ...
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... hands of women sacred . It is said that nothing is proof against gold , that the strongest tower will not be impregnable , if Jupiter makes love in a golden shower . This Jupiter com- mences making love ; but he does not come to the ...
... hands of women sacred . It is said that nothing is proof against gold , that the strongest tower will not be impregnable , if Jupiter makes love in a golden shower . This Jupiter com- mences making love ; but he does not come to the ...
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