The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... lordships will have your full share in this great achievement ; but the Commons have always consider- ed , that whatever honour is divided with you is doubled on themselves . It My lords , I must confess , that amidst these encouraging ...
... lordships will have your full share in this great achievement ; but the Commons have always consider- ed , that whatever honour is divided with you is doubled on themselves . It My lords , I must confess , that amidst these encouraging ...
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... lordships ) such a crime , and such a criminal , and such a body of evidence , and such a mode of process , as would have recommended this course of justice to posterity , even if it had not been supported by any example in the practice ...
... lordships ) such a crime , and such a criminal , and such a body of evidence , and such a mode of process , as would have recommended this course of justice to posterity , even if it had not been supported by any example in the practice ...
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... lordships , and I believe the world , will be astonished , that so much , so clear , so solid , and so con- clusive evidence of all kinds has been obtained against him . I have no doubt , that in nine instances in ten the evidence is ...
... lordships , and I believe the world , will be astonished , that so much , so clear , so solid , and so con- clusive evidence of all kinds has been obtained against him . I have no doubt , that in nine instances in ten the evidence is ...
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... lordships of course will be apprized , that this cause , is not what occurs every day in the ordinary round of mu- nicipal affairs ; that it has a relation to many things , that it touches many points in many places , which are wholly ...
... lordships of course will be apprized , that this cause , is not what occurs every day in the ordinary round of mu- nicipal affairs ; that it has a relation to many things , that it touches many points in many places , which are wholly ...
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... lordships , that , when the company were driven by shame , not by inclination , to order several prosecutions against delinquents in their ser- vice , Mr. Hastings , directly contrary to the duty of his office , -directly contrary to ...
... lordships , that , when the company were driven by shame , not by inclination , to order several prosecutions against delinquents in their ser- vice , Mr. Hastings , directly contrary to the duty of his office , -directly contrary to ...
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