The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... mean the then Lord Advocate of Scotland , now one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , and at the head of this very Indian department . Afterwards , when this defendant came home in the year 1785 , we re - instituted our ...
... mean the then Lord Advocate of Scotland , now one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State , and at the head of this very Indian department . Afterwards , when this defendant came home in the year 1785 , we re - instituted our ...
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... means of reducing it within a compass fitter for their management and for your Lord- ships ' judgment . Being furnished with this power , a second selection was made upon the principles of the first ; not upon the idea , that what we ...
... means of reducing it within a compass fitter for their management and for your Lord- ships ' judgment . Being furnished with this power , a second selection was made upon the principles of the first ; not upon the idea , that what we ...
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... 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 that de- meanour . As to his demeanour , my Lords , I will ven- ture to say ...
... 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 that de- meanour . As to his demeanour , my Lords , I will ven- ture to say ...
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... means or enervate the vigour of his 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 ...
... means or enervate the vigour of his 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 ...
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... means by which " a peace , if not so durable , more seasonable at least , was accomplished with another . I 66 gave you all ; and you have rewarded me " with confiscation , disgrace and a life of im- " peachment . " Comparing our ...
... means by which " a peace , if not so durable , more seasonable at least , was accomplished with another . I 66 gave you all ; and you have rewarded me " with confiscation , disgrace and a life of im- " peachment . " Comparing our ...
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