The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeS. Holdsworth, 1837 |
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Página 87
... aforesaid to extirpate the said nation , he did not make , or cause to be made , a due enquiry into the validity of the sole pretext used by the said nabob ; nor did he give notice of the said claims of debt to the nation of the ...
... aforesaid to extirpate the said nation , he did not make , or cause to be made , a due enquiry into the validity of the sole pretext used by the said nabob ; nor did he give notice of the said claims of debt to the nation of the ...
Página 88
... aforesaid for offensive war , the said Warren Hastings did transgress the bounds of the authority given him by his instructions from the council of Fort William , which had limited his powers to such compacts as were consistent with the ...
... aforesaid for offensive war , the said Warren Hastings did transgress the bounds of the authority given him by his instructions from the council of Fort William , which had limited his powers to such compacts as were consistent with the ...
Página 93
... aforesaid having agreed , under the mediation of Captain Harper , to pay near two hundred thousand pounds as a gift to the said vizier , and to encrease his tri- bute by near thirty thousand pounds annually , a deed of confirmation was ...
... aforesaid having agreed , under the mediation of Captain Harper , to pay near two hundred thousand pounds as a gift to the said vizier , and to encrease his tri- bute by near thirty thousand pounds annually , a deed of confirmation was ...
Página 95
... aforesaid , to remove all suspicion , that by the new grants any attempt should insidiously be made to change " his former tenure , did resolve , that a letter should be written by the governour - general himself to the rajah of Benares ...
... aforesaid , to remove all suspicion , that by the new grants any attempt should insidiously be made to change " his former tenure , did resolve , that a letter should be written by the governour - general himself to the rajah of Benares ...
Página 96
... aforesaid , on the 29th July , the secretary was attempt to wrest from him his authority ; " and ordered to prepare new and proper instruments , in the said narrative he pretends , that the rajah omitting the clause declaring the former ...
... aforesaid , on the 29th July , the secretary was attempt to wrest from him his authority ; " and ordered to prepare new and proper instruments , in the said narrative he pretends , that the rajah omitting the clause declaring the former ...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volumen2 Edmund Burke Vista de fragmentos - 1848 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.