The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... crime , I say that such an act would be oppressive , cruel , and wicked in the highest degree . Yet this . is what Mr. Hastings projected , and actually did accomplish . My Lords , at the treaty of Chunar , as it is called , Mr ...
... crime , I say that such an act would be oppressive , cruel , and wicked in the highest degree . Yet this . is what Mr. Hastings projected , and actually did accomplish . My Lords , at the treaty of Chunar , as it is called , Mr ...
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... crimes attrib- uted to him that do not belong to him ? I know nothing of his private character and conduct : Mr. Hastings , who deals in scandalous anecdotes , knows them : but I take it upon the face of Mr. Purling's assertion , and I ...
... crimes attrib- uted to him that do not belong to him ? I know nothing of his private character and conduct : Mr. Hastings , who deals in scandalous anecdotes , knows them : but I take it upon the face of Mr. Purling's assertion , and I ...
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... crime : let me provide that , all is well . You , Mr. Middle- ton , try your nerves : are you equal to these services ? Examine yourself ; see what is in you : are you man enough to come up to it ? " says the great robber to the little ...
... crime : let me provide that , all is well . You , Mr. Middle- ton , try your nerves : are you equal to these services ? Examine yourself ; see what is in you : are you man enough to come up to it ? " says the great robber to the little ...
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... did do , you would be unfit to subsist as a tribunal for a single hour ; and if we , on our part , did not bring before you this at- - - tempt , as the heaviest aggravation of the prisoner's crimes 44 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
... did do , you would be unfit to subsist as a tribunal for a single hour ; and if we , on our part , did not bring before you this at- - - tempt , as the heaviest aggravation of the prisoner's crimes 44 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS .
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Edmund Burke. tempt , as the heaviest aggravation of the prisoner's crimes , we should betray our trust as representatives of the Commons of Great Britain . Having made this protest in favor of law , of justice , and good poli- cy ...
Edmund Burke. tempt , as the heaviest aggravation of the prisoner's crimes , we should betray our trust as representatives of the Commons of Great Britain . Having made this protest in favor of law , of justice , and good poli- cy ...
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