The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 18
... thing offensive in that paper with a magnanimity , that became them . They considered nothing in it , but the facts , that the defendant alleged , and the principles he maintained ; and after a deliberation , not short of judicial , we ...
... thing offensive in that paper with a magnanimity , that became them . They considered nothing in it , but the facts , that the defendant alleged , and the principles he maintained ; and after a deliberation , not short of judicial , we ...
Page 19
... thing down before it , which does not give time to the mind to recollect its faculties , to rein- force its reason , and to have recourse to fixed principles , but , by compelling an instant and tumultuous decision , too often obliges ...
... thing down before it , which does not give time to the mind to recollect its faculties , to rein- force its reason , and to have recourse to fixed principles , but , by compelling an instant and tumultuous decision , too often obliges ...
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... thing should be received as proof from them , which is not by na- ture adapted to prove the thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of that justice , to which they ...
... thing should be received as proof from them , which is not by na- ture adapted to prove the thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of that justice , to which they ...
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... thing but a seminary for the succession of officers . They are a nation of placemen ; -they are a commonwealth with ... things . The funda- mental principle of the whole of the East - India Company's system is monopoly in some sense or ...
... thing but a seminary for the succession of officers . They are a nation of placemen ; -they are a commonwealth with ... things . The funda- mental principle of the whole of the East - India Company's system is monopoly in some sense or ...
Page 45
... thing came before the principal with a domestick accuracy and local familiarity . It was in the power of a director , sitting in London , to form an accurate judgment of every incident , that happened upon the Ganges and the Gogra . The ...
... thing came before the principal with a domestick accuracy and local familiarity . It was in the power of a director , sitting in London , to form an accurate judgment of every incident , that happened upon the Ganges and the Gogra . The ...
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