The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... minds . We My Lords , the Commons of Great Britain have no doubt upon this subject . We came hither to call for justice , not to solve a problem ; and if justice be denied us , the accused is not acquitted , but the Tribunal is ...
... minds . We My Lords , the Commons of Great Britain have no doubt upon this subject . We came hither to call for justice , not to solve a problem ; and if justice be denied us , the accused is not acquitted , but the Tribunal is ...
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... minds , we reduced the whole Cause to four great heads of guilt and crimina- lity . Two of them , namely , Benares and the Begums , show the effects of his open violence and injustice : the other two expose the prin- ciples of pecuniary ...
... minds , we reduced the whole Cause to four great heads of guilt and crimina- lity . Two of them , namely , Benares and the Begums , show the effects of his open violence and injustice : the other two expose the prin- ciples of pecuniary ...
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... mind , that has no sentiments of propriety , no feeling for the relations of life , no conformity to the circumstances of human affairs . This behaviour does not indicate the spirit of injured innocence , but the audacity of hardened ...
... mind , that has no sentiments of propriety , no feeling for the relations of life , no conformity to the circumstances of human affairs . This behaviour does not indicate the spirit of injured innocence , but the audacity of hardened ...
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... minds . For admitting that your Lordships are the best judges , as I well know that you are , yet I cannot say that you are not men , and that matter of this kind , however irrelevant , may not make an impression upon you . It does ...
... minds . For admitting that your Lordships are the best judges , as I well know that you are , yet I cannot say that you are not men , and that matter of this kind , however irrelevant , may not make an impression upon you . It does ...
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... mind is misled , it becomes the duty of the Commons of Great Britain to give it a more proper tone and a juster way of thinking . When ignorance and corruption have usurped the pro- fessor's chair , and placed themselves in the seats of ...
... mind is misled , it becomes the duty of the Commons of Great Britain to give it a more proper tone and a juster way of thinking . When ignorance and corruption have usurped the pro- fessor's chair , and placed themselves in the seats of ...
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