The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... given in by his own hand , and signed with his own name . The Commons , how- ever , passed by every thing offensive in that paper with a magnanimity , that became them . They considered nothing in it , but the facts , that the defendant ...
... given in by his own hand , and signed with his own name . The Commons , how- ever , passed by every thing offensive in that paper with a magnanimity , that became them . They considered nothing in it , but the facts , that the defendant ...
Page 36
... given , at least ostensibly good , all have proved noxious to the country , in- stead of beneficial . To illustrate this point , I beg leave to observe to your lordships , that the servants of the company are obliged to enter into that ...
... given , at least ostensibly good , all have proved noxious to the country , in- stead of beneficial . To illustrate this point , I beg leave to observe to your lordships , that the servants of the company are obliged to enter into that ...
Page 39
... given your lordships an account of writers , fac- tors , merchants , who exercise the office of judges , lord chan- cellors , chancellors of the exchequer , ministers of state , and managers of great revenues . But there is another ...
... given your lordships an account of writers , fac- tors , merchants , who exercise the office of judges , lord chan- cellors , chancellors of the exchequer , ministers of state , and managers of great revenues . But there is another ...
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... given of banyans a distinction is to be made . Your lordships must distinguish the banyans of the British servants in subordinate situations , and the banyans , who are such to persons in higher authority . In the latter case the banyan ...
... given of banyans a distinction is to be made . Your lordships must distinguish the banyans of the British servants in subordinate situations , and the banyans , who are such to persons in higher authority . In the latter case the banyan ...
Page 79
... given by the parties them- selves . On this inaccurate memory of Mr. Hastings , not venturing , however , to say positively , that he was not the interpreter , or that he was not present , he is discharged from being an accomplice ; he ...
... given by the parties them- selves . On this inaccurate memory of Mr. Hastings , not venturing , however , to say positively , that he was not the interpreter , or that he was not present , he is discharged from being an accomplice ; he ...
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