The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... criminal . We found it was impossible to evade painful duty , without betraying a sacred trust . Having , therefore , resolved upon the last and only resource , a penal prosecution , it was our next business to act in a manner worthy of ...
... criminal . We found it was impossible to evade painful duty , without betraying a sacred trust . Having , therefore , resolved upon the last and only resource , a penal prosecution , it was our next business to act in a manner worthy of ...
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... criminal , we have chosen him on the same principle , on which we selected the crimes . We have not chosen to bring before you a poor , puny , trembling delinquent , misled , perhaps , by those , who ought to have taught him better ...
... criminal , we have chosen him on the same principle , on which we selected the crimes . We have not chosen to bring before you a poor , puny , trembling delinquent , misled , perhaps , by those , who ought to have taught him better ...
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... criminal him- self in many instances . We have brought before you his own letters , authenticated by his own hand . On these we chiefly rely . But we shall likewise bring before you living witnesses , competent to speak to the points ...
... criminal him- self in many instances . We have brought before you his own letters , authenticated by his own hand . On these we chiefly rely . But we shall likewise bring before you living witnesses , competent to speak to the points ...
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Edmund Burke. cerning the crimes , which they have chosen , concerning the criminal , upon whom they attach the crimes , and concern- ing the evidence , which they mean to produce ; I am now to proceed to open that part of the business ...
Edmund Burke. cerning the crimes , which they have chosen , concerning the criminal , upon whom they attach the crimes , and concern- ing the evidence , which they mean to produce ; I am now to proceed to open that part of the business ...
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... criminal jurisdiction , within their own factories , upon their own people , and their own servants ; the next was , and here was a stride indeed , the power of peace and war . Those high and almost in- communicable prerogatives of ...
... criminal jurisdiction , within their own factories , upon their own people , and their own servants ; the next was , and here was a stride indeed , the power of peace and war . Those high and almost in- communicable prerogatives of ...
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