The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... 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 instruments of his glory TRIAL ...
... 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 instruments of his glory TRIAL ...
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... 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 , and that the Commons , and the Managers who represent them here , will ...
... 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 , and that the Commons , and the Managers who represent them here , will ...
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... defence as has here been made against such a Charge as they have produced , be foiled , baffled , and defeated . No , my Lords , we never could forget it ; a long , lasting , deep , bitter memory of it would sink into our minds . We My ...
... defence as has here been made against such a Charge as they have produced , be foiled , baffled , and defeated . No , my Lords , we never could forget it ; a long , lasting , deep , bitter memory of it would sink into our minds . We My ...
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... defence in general : secondly , the principles of his defence : thirdly , the means of that de- fence ; and , fourthly , the testimonies which he brings forward to fortify those means , to sup- port those principles , and to justify ...
... defence in general : secondly , the principles of his defence : thirdly , the means of that de- fence ; and , fourthly , the testimonies which he brings forward to fortify those means , to sup- port those principles , and to justify ...
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... defence . God forbid that such a thing should even appear to be desired by any body in any British tribunal . But my Lords , there is a behaviour which broadly displays a want of sense , a want of feeling , a want of decorum ; a ...
... defence . God forbid that such a thing should even appear to be desired by any body in any British tribunal . But my Lords , there is a behaviour which broadly displays a want of sense , a want of feeling , a want of decorum ; a ...
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