The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... charge , it might be to the prejudice of an early trial of the substantial merits of each article . We have weighed and considered this maturely . We have compared exactly the time with the matter , and we have found that we are obliged ...
... charge , it might be to the prejudice of an early trial of the substantial merits of each article . We have weighed and considered this maturely . We have compared exactly the time with the matter , and we have found that we are obliged ...
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... charged to be committed by the Governor - General . My Lords , pecuniary corruption forms not only , as your Lordships will observe in the charges before you , an article of charge by itself , but likewise so intermixes with the whole ...
... charged to be committed by the Governor - General . My Lords , pecuniary corruption forms not only , as your Lordships will observe in the charges before you , an article of charge by itself , but likewise so intermixes with the whole ...
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... charge as his de- merits are all of the same nature ; for , though there is undoubtedly oppression , breach of faith , cruelty , perfidy , charged upon him , yet the great ruling prin- ciple of the whole , and that from which you can ...
... charge as his de- merits are all of the same nature ; for , though there is undoubtedly oppression , breach of faith , cruelty , perfidy , charged upon him , yet the great ruling prin- ciple of the whole , and that from which you can ...
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... charge never to receive presents . They never sent out a person to India without recognizing the griev ance , and without ordering that presents should not be received , as the main fundamental part of their du- ty , and upon which all ...
... charge never to receive presents . They never sent out a person to India without recognizing the griev ance , and without ordering that presents should not be received , as the main fundamental part of their du- ty , and upon which all ...
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... charged Mr. Hastings with the receipt of bribes , amounting together to about 40,000l . sterling , given by himself , on his own account and that of Munny Begum . The charge was accom- panied with every particular which could facilitate ...
... charged Mr. Hastings with the receipt of bribes , amounting together to about 40,000l . sterling , given by himself , on his own account and that of Munny Begum . The charge was accom- panied with every particular which could facilitate ...
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