The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... never shall ( nor can we conceive that we ever should ) pass from this bar , without indignation , without rage and despair , if the House of Commons should , upon such a defence as has here been made against such a Charge as they have ...
... never shall ( nor can we conceive that we ever should ) pass from this bar , without indignation , without rage and despair , if the House of Commons should , upon such a defence as has here been made against such a Charge as they have ...
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... never could be guilty of the offences with which we charge him . In which ever of these lights you may be inclined to consider this matter , I say you have it not in evidence before you ; and therefore you must expunge it from your ...
... never could be guilty of the offences with which we charge him . In which ever of these lights you may be inclined to consider this matter , I say you have it not in evidence before you ; and therefore you must expunge it from your ...
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... never learn at any other school . We know from history and the records of this House , that a Lord Bacon has been before you . Who is there , that upon hearing this name does not not instantly recognise every thing of genius the most ...
... never learn at any other school . We know from history and the records of this House , that a Lord Bacon has been before you . Who is there , that upon hearing this name does not not instantly recognise every thing of genius the most ...
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... never be regularly stated , proved , or refuted . The law has therefore appointed special places for such inquiries ; and if in any of those places we were to apply the emollient language of drawing rooms to the exposure of great crimes ...
... never be regularly stated , proved , or refuted . The law has therefore appointed special places for such inquiries ; and if in any of those places we were to apply the emollient language of drawing rooms to the exposure of great crimes ...
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... never lose sight of it for a moment . For seven- teen years they have , almost without intermis- sion , pursued , by every sort of inquiry , by legislative and by judicial remedy , the cure of this Indian malady , worse ten thousand ...
... never lose sight of it for a moment . For seven- teen years they have , almost without intermis- sion , pursued , by every sort of inquiry , by legislative and by judicial remedy , the cure of this Indian malady , worse ten thousand ...
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