The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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Page 8
... Leave a man to his passions , and you leave a wild beast to a savage and capricious nature . A wild beast indeed , when its stom- ach is full , will caress you , and may lick your hands ; in like manner , when a tyrant is pleased , or ...
... Leave a man to his passions , and you leave a wild beast to a savage and capricious nature . A wild beast indeed , when its stom- ach is full , will caress you , and may lick your hands ; in like manner , when a tyrant is pleased , or ...
Page 9
... leave to those who exercise arbitrary power , in supposing that I could go over the ground which my fellow - managers have once trodden , and make anything more clear and forcible than they have done . In my humble opinion , human ...
... leave to those who exercise arbitrary power , in supposing that I could go over the ground which my fellow - managers have once trodden , and make anything more clear and forcible than they have done . In my humble opinion , human ...
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... leave to call your attention to his mode of proceeding in this business . He never entered any charge . He never answered any letter . Not that he was idle . He was carrying on a wicked and clandestine 1 plot for the destruction of the ...
... leave to call your attention to his mode of proceeding in this business . He never entered any charge . He never answered any letter . Not that he was idle . He was carrying on a wicked and clandestine 1 plot for the destruction of the ...
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... leave to direct your lord- ships ' attention . Does it anywhere appear in that corre- spondence , or in the testimony of Mr. Benn , of Mr. Markham , or of any human being , that Mr. Hastings had ever told Cheit Sing with what sum he ...
... leave to direct your lord- ships ' attention . Does it anywhere appear in that corre- spondence , or in the testimony of Mr. Benn , of Mr. Markham , or of any human being , that Mr. Hastings had ever told Cheit Sing with what sum he ...
Page 31
... leave to read the pro- visions of the act of parliament . I shall show what the creature ought to be , by showing the law of the creator : what the legislature of Great Britain meant that Governor Hastings WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 31.
... leave to read the pro- visions of the act of parliament . I shall show what the creature ought to be , by showing the law of the creator : what the legislature of Great Britain meant that Governor Hastings WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 31.
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