The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 10
... cause I trust your Lordships will have a strong feel- ing against any confiscation for the purpose of reve- nue . Believe me , my Lords , if there is anything which will root the present order of things out of Europe , it will begin ...
... cause I trust your Lordships will have a strong feel- ing against any confiscation for the purpose of reve- nue . Believe me , my Lords , if there is anything which will root the present order of things out of Europe , it will begin ...
Page 40
... cause before you , but are getting it by oblique , improper , and indecent means . You are not a court of jus- tice to try that question . The parties are at a dis- tance from you ; they are neither present themselves , nor represented ...
... cause before you , but are getting it by oblique , improper , and indecent means . You are not a court of jus- tice to try that question . The parties are at a dis- tance from you ; they are neither present themselves , nor represented ...
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... cause , with only the delinquent party before you , you are called upon to try their title on his allega- tions of its invalidity , and by acquitting him to divest them not only of their goods , but of their honor , -- to call them ...
... cause , with only the delinquent party before you , you are called upon to try their title on his allega- tions of its invalidity , and by acquitting him to divest them not only of their goods , but of their honor , -- to call them ...
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... cause . Where force could be em- ployed , it was not spared : the troops of the Begum were driven away and dispersed ; their guns taken ; her fort , and the outward walls of her house seized and occupied by our troops , at the Nabob's ...
... cause . Where force could be em- ployed , it was not spared : the troops of the Begum were driven away and dispersed ; their guns taken ; her fort , and the outward walls of her house seized and occupied by our troops , at the Nabob's ...
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... cause them to be put in irons , and kept so until I shall arrive at Fyzabad , to take further measures , as may be necessary . " Here is the answer of Captain Jaques to Mr. Mid- dleton . 66 April 23d , 1782 . " SIR , - Allow me the ...
... cause them to be put in irons , and kept so until I shall arrive at Fyzabad , to take further measures , as may be necessary . " Here is the answer of Captain Jaques to Mr. Mid- dleton . 66 April 23d , 1782 . " SIR , - Allow me the ...
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