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Page 19
... we charge the prisoner at the bar , are substantial crimes ; that they are no
errours or mistakes , such as wise and good men might possibly fall into ; which
may even produce very pernicious effects , without being in fact great offences .
... we charge the prisoner at the bar , are substantial crimes ; that they are no
errours or mistakes , such as wise and good men might possibly fall into ; which
may even produce very pernicious effects , without being in fact great offences .
Page 29
In this exalted situation the India company , however , still preserves traces of its
original mercantile character . The whole exteriour order of its political service is
carried on upon a mercantile plan and mercantile principles . In fact , the East ...
In this exalted situation the India company , however , still preserves traces of its
original mercantile character . The whole exteriour order of its political service is
carried on upon a mercantile plan and mercantile principles . In fact , the East ...
Page 48
... and has in some instances in fact destroyed , many things truly excellent in that
constitution ; if I have not wasted your time in explanation of matters , that you are
already well acquainted with , I shall next beg leave to state to you the abuse in ...
... and has in some instances in fact destroyed , many things truly excellent in that
constitution ; if I have not wasted your time in explanation of matters , that you are
already well acquainted with , I shall next beg leave to state to you the abuse in ...
Page 49
... I should be sorry , that any one substantial fact , even in this explanatory
opening , or even the colour of the fact , should be alleged , which , when called
upon , I should not be ready to make good to you by proof : I mean , by proof
adapted to ...
... I should be sorry , that any one substantial fact , even in this explanatory
opening , or even the colour of the fact , should be alleged , which , when called
upon , I should not be ready to make good to you by proof : I mean , by proof
adapted to ...
Page 59
Thinking the mere fact as of little moment , and its chronology as nothing , but
thinking the policy very material , which , indeed , is to be collected only here and
there , in various books written with various views , I shall beg leave to lay before
...
Thinking the mere fact as of little moment , and its chronology as nothing , but
thinking the policy very material , which , indeed , is to be collected only here and
there , in various books written with various views , I shall beg leave to lay before
...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wells and Lilly, 1827 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
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