The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... existed in India . We therefore went through those abuses ; we stated them , and were ready to prove every material word and article in them . Whether they were personally relevant or irrelevant to the Prisoner , we cared nothing ...
... existed in India . We therefore went through those abuses ; we stated them , and were ready to prove every material word and article in them . Whether they were personally relevant or irrelevant to the Prisoner , we cared nothing ...
Page 98
... existed in the world . We have shewn you , that if these parties are to be compared together , it is not the rights of the people which are no- thing , but rather the rights of the sovereign which 5 which are so . The rights of the ...
... existed in the world . We have shewn you , that if these parties are to be compared together , it is not the rights of the people which are no- thing , but rather the rights of the sovereign which 5 which are so . The rights of the ...
Page 115
... existed . In this absence of evidence , my Lords , let us have recourse to probability . Is it to be believed that the Zemindar of Benares , a person whom Mr. Hastings describes as being of a timid , weak , irresolute , and feeble ...
... existed . In this absence of evidence , my Lords , let us have recourse to probability . Is it to be believed that the Zemindar of Benares , a person whom Mr. Hastings describes as being of a timid , weak , irresolute , and feeble ...
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... existed pre- vious to the rebellion , which did actually break out upon his arresting Cheit Sing ? if There was an ancient Roman lawyer , of great . fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence , whom they called Cui Bono , from his ...
... existed pre- vious to the rebellion , which did actually break out upon his arresting Cheit Sing ? if There was an ancient Roman lawyer , of great . fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence , whom they called Cui Bono , from his ...
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... existed , think in what miserable circumstances we stand as prosecutors and your Lordships as judges , if we admit a dis- covery to be pleaded in justification of antece- dent acts founded upon the assumed existence of that which he had ...
... existed , think in what miserable circumstances we stand as prosecutors and your Lordships as judges , if we admit a dis- covery to be pleaded in justification of antece- dent acts founded upon the assumed existence of that which he had ...
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