The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... sent blaming the Prisoner , without blaming your Lordships , and far are we from imputing blame to ourselves , we soon found that this Trial was likely to be protracted to an unusual length . The Managers of the Commons , feeling this ...
... sent blaming the Prisoner , without blaming your Lordships , and far are we from imputing blame to ourselves , we soon found that this Trial was likely to be protracted to an unusual length . The Managers of the Commons , feeling this ...
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... sent time , it has been complained that the march of violence and oppression is rapid ; but that the progress of remedial and vindictive justice , even the divine , has almost always favoured the ap- pearance of being languid and ...
... sent time , it has been complained that the march of violence and oppression is rapid ; but that the progress of remedial and vindictive justice , even the divine , has almost always favoured the ap- pearance of being languid and ...
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... sent to India , and obtained , not testimonies , but testimonials to his general good behaviour . He has never once applied , by commission or otherwise , to falsify any one fact that is charged upon him . No , my Lords , not one ...
... sent to India , and obtained , not testimonies , but testimonials to his general good behaviour . He has never once applied , by commission or otherwise , to falsify any one fact that is charged upon him . No , my Lords , not one ...
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... sent lice , mice , frogs , and every thing loathsome and con- temptible to pollute and destroy the country . Think of this , my Lords , and of your listening here to these people's long account of Tamer- lane's camp of two hundred ...
... sent lice , mice , frogs , and every thing loathsome and con- temptible to pollute and destroy the country . Think of this , my Lords , and of your listening here to these people's long account of Tamer- lane's camp of two hundred ...
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... sent we say , that he has been trusted with power much beyond his deserts , and that trust he has grossly abused . But to proceed- His counsel , according to their usual audacious manner , ( I suppose they imagine , that they are ...
... sent we say , that he has been trusted with power much beyond his deserts , and that trust he has grossly abused . But to proceed- His counsel , according to their usual audacious manner , ( I suppose they imagine , that they are ...
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