The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... opinion , have produced the failure of the first , that the defects of the original plan may be supplied , its errors corrected , and such useful regulations as were then adopted may be fur ther explained , enlarged , and enforced ...
... opinion , have produced the failure of the first , that the defects of the original plan may be supplied , its errors corrected , and such useful regulations as were then adopted may be fur ther explained , enlarged , and enforced ...
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... opinion that the use of juries is neither impracticable nor dangerous in Bengal . Your Committee refer to their report made in the year 1781 , for the manner in which this court , at- tempting to extend its jurisdiction , and falling ...
... opinion that the use of juries is neither impracticable nor dangerous in Bengal . Your Committee refer to their report made in the year 1781 , for the manner in which this court , at- tempting to extend its jurisdiction , and falling ...
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... opinion particularly point- ed . In the commencement of reformation , at a peri- od when a rapacious conquest had overpowered and succeeded to a corrupt government , an act of indem- nity might have been thought advisable ; perhaps a ...
... opinion particularly point- ed . In the commencement of reformation , at a peri- od when a rapacious conquest had overpowered and succeeded to a corrupt government , an act of indem- nity might have been thought advisable ; perhaps a ...
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... opinion , the death of any one of them or his occa- sional absence or sickness , threw the whole power in- to the hands of the other two , who were Mr. Hastings and Mr. Barwell , one the President , and the other high in the Council of ...
... opinion , the death of any one of them or his occa- sional absence or sickness , threw the whole power in- to the hands of the other two , who were Mr. Hastings and Mr. Barwell , one the President , and the other high in the Council of ...
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... scrupulously attentive to the use of it . There are modes of proceeding favorable to neglect . Others excite inquiry and stimulate to vigilance . to remedy Your Committee , therefore , are of opinion 24 NINTH REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
... scrupulously attentive to the use of it . There are modes of proceeding favorable to neglect . Others excite inquiry and stimulate to vigilance . to remedy Your Committee , therefore , are of opinion 24 NINTH REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
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