The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... Prisoner , by the plan of his defence , demands not only an escape , but a triumph . It is not enough for him to be acquitted , the Com- mons of Great Britain must be condemned ; VOL . XV . B and and your Lordships must be the ...
... Prisoner , by the plan of his defence , demands not only an escape , but a triumph . It is not enough for him to be acquitted , the Com- mons of Great Britain must be condemned ; VOL . XV . B and and your Lordships must be the ...
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... , are left to beat the empty air with cries of misery and anguish , and to cast forth to an offended heaven the imprecations of disappointment and despair . B 2 One One of the counsel for the Prisoner ( I think OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 3.
... , are left to beat the empty air with cries of misery and anguish , and to cast forth to an offended heaven the imprecations of disappointment and despair . B 2 One One of the counsel for the Prisoner ( I think OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 3.
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... Prisoner at your bar ; that we shall be extremely delighted when his defence , and your Lordship's judgment shall have set him free , and shall have discovered to us our error ; that we shall then mutually con- gratulate one another ...
... Prisoner at your bar ; that we shall be extremely delighted when his defence , and your Lordship's judgment shall have set him free , and shall have discovered to us our error ; that we shall then mutually con- gratulate one another ...
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... Prisoner produced every document , which they could produce for his justification . We called all the witnesses , which could enlighten us in the Cause , and the friends of the Prisoner like- wise called every witness , that could ...
... Prisoner produced every document , which they could produce for his justification . We called all the witnesses , which could enlighten us in the Cause , and the friends of the Prisoner like- wise called every witness , that could ...
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... Prisoner says is just and true ; that nothing but malice in the Commons of Great Britain could possibly pro- duce such an accusation as the fruit of such an Inquiry . My Lords , we admit this state- ment , we are at issue upon this ...
... Prisoner says is just and true ; that nothing but malice in the Commons of Great Britain could possibly pro- duce such an accusation as the fruit of such an Inquiry . My Lords , we admit this state- ment , we are at issue upon this ...
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