The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... opinion , human ability cannot go further than they have gone : and if I ever allude to anything which they have already touched , it will be to show it in another light ; —to mark more particularly its departure from the principles ...
... opinion , human ability cannot go further than they have gone : and if I ever allude to anything which they have already touched , it will be to show it in another light ; —to mark more particularly its departure from the principles ...
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... opinion at the time . Every step , " says he , " which I had taken before that fatal moment , namely , the flight of Cheit Sing , is an incontrovertible proof that I had formed no design of seizing upon the Rajah's treasures or of ...
... opinion at the time . Every step , " says he , " which I had taken before that fatal moment , namely , the flight of Cheit Sing , is an incontrovertible proof that I had formed no design of seizing upon the Rajah's treasures or of ...
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... . Markham whether he could not buy them off , and obtain Mr. Hastings's favour by the payment of £ 200,000 . Mr. Markham gave , as his opinion , that £ 200,000 was not sufficient ; and the next day 22 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF 22.
... . Markham whether he could not buy them off , and obtain Mr. Hastings's favour by the payment of £ 200,000 . Mr. Markham gave , as his opinion , that £ 200,000 was not sufficient ; and the next day 22 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF 22.
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... opinion the claim of the English government upon those forts was at that time totally unfounded , and so absurd that he did not even dare to mention it . This fort of Bidji- gur , the most considerable in the country , and of which we ...
... opinion the claim of the English government upon those forts was at that time totally unfounded , and so absurd that he did not even dare to mention it . This fort of Bidji- gur , the most considerable in the country , and of which we ...
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... opinion riches must be- get pride . I hope your lordships will never be so poor as to cease to be proud ; for ceasing to be proud , you will cease to be independent . 66 Having resolved that the Rajah should not grow rich , for fear he ...
... opinion riches must be- get pride . I hope your lordships will never be so poor as to cease to be proud ; for ceasing to be proud , you will cease to be independent . 66 Having resolved that the Rajah should not grow rich , for fear he ...
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