The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 16C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... matters of business with the Native Powers . My Lords , we contend strongly that all the positive rules and injunctions of the law , though they they are merely positive and do not contain any thing 4 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... matters of business with the Native Powers . My Lords , we contend strongly that all the positive rules and injunctions of the law , though they they are merely positive and do not contain any thing 4 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
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Edmund Burke. they are merely positive and do not contain any thing but mere matters of regulation , shall be strictly observed . The reason . is this , and a serious reason it is : -official tyranny and oppres sion , corruption ...
Edmund Burke. they are merely positive and do not contain any thing but mere matters of regulation , shall be strictly observed . The reason . is this , and a serious reason it is : -official tyranny and oppres sion , corruption ...
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... thing of the matter . Let us now see what those attestations were : your Lordships will bear in mind that I do not advert to this thing , which they bring as evidence , in the way of imputation of its being weak , improper , and ...
... thing of the matter . Let us now see what those attestations were : your Lordships will bear in mind that I do not advert to this thing , which they bring as evidence , in the way of imputation of its being weak , improper , and ...
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... thing but the severity of your Lordships judgments find an adequate expression of it . It is not to be expressed in words , but in punishment . Having stated before whom the evidence col- lected in this body of affidavits was taken , I ...
... thing but the severity of your Lordships judgments find an adequate expression of it . It is not to be expressed in words , but in punishment . Having stated before whom the evidence col- lected in this body of affidavits was taken , I ...
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... thing , with respect to the Begums , as it is impossible with respect to the Nabob . That Saadit Ali , being a military man , a man ambi- tious and aspiring to greatness , should take advantage of the abuses of the English govern- ment ...
... thing , with respect to the Begums , as it is impossible with respect to the Nabob . That Saadit Ali , being a military man , a man ambi- tious and aspiring to greatness , should take advantage of the abuses of the English govern- ment ...
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