The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 16C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... Commons call upon your Lordships to enforce that rule , and to avenge the breach of it . You have seen the consequences of breaking the rule ; and we have charged and do charge it as a heavy aggra- vation of those consequences ; that ...
... Commons call upon your Lordships to enforce that rule , and to avenge the breach of it . You have seen the consequences of breaking the rule ; and we have charged and do charge it as a heavy aggra- vation of those consequences ; that ...
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... Commons having come at the truth of this matter , Mr. Hastings , not daring to deny the existence of these papers , brings Captain Gordon to be examined here , in order to prove that papers which he had himself written were false . Is ...
... Commons having come at the truth of this matter , Mr. Hastings , not daring to deny the existence of these papers , brings Captain Gordon to be examined here , in order to prove that papers which he had himself written were false . Is ...
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... Commons . Your Lordships have heard us accused , at your bar , of falsehood , after we had read the order upon which our assertion was founded . This man , whom we have described as the scourge and terrour of India ; this man gets up ...
... Commons . Your Lordships have heard us accused , at your bar , of falsehood , after we had read the order upon which our assertion was founded . This man , whom we have described as the scourge and terrour of India ; this man gets up ...
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... Commons ; we have the honour of this court to sustain . [ Your Lordships , the other day , for an offence committed against a con- stable , who was keeping the way under your orders , did very justly , and to the great satis- faction of ...
... Commons ; we have the honour of this court to sustain . [ Your Lordships , the other day , for an offence committed against a con- stable , who was keeping the way under your orders , did very justly , and to the great satis- faction of ...
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... Commons will not suffer the justice of the country to be trifled with and insulted in this manner ; because , if such conduct be suffered by your Lordships , they must say that very dis- agreeable consequences will ensue , and very dis ...
... Commons will not suffer the justice of the country to be trifled with and insulted in this manner ; because , if such conduct be suffered by your Lordships , they must say that very dis- agreeable consequences will ensue , and very dis ...
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