The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 12
... took it up ; and that act , which gave Mr. Hastings power , did mould in the very first stamina of his power this principle , in words the most clear and forcible that an act of Parliament could possibly devise upon the subject . And ...
... took it up ; and that act , which gave Mr. Hastings power , did mould in the very first stamina of his power this principle , in words the most clear and forcible that an act of Parliament could possibly devise upon the subject . And ...
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... the question , ) I charge him for this disobedience , and es- pecially on account of the principles upon which he proceeded in it . Then he took another step : he accused Nundco- mar SPEECH IN OPENING . 27 - THIRD DAY .
... the question , ) I charge him for this disobedience , and es- pecially on account of the principles upon which he proceeded in it . Then he took another step : he accused Nundco- mar SPEECH IN OPENING . 27 - THIRD DAY .
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Edmund Burke. Then he took another step : he accused Nundco- mar of a conspiracy , which was a way he then and ever since has used , whenever means were taken to detect any of his own iniquities . And here it becomes necessary to mention ...
Edmund Burke. Then he took another step : he accused Nundco- mar of a conspiracy , which was a way he then and ever since has used , whenever means were taken to detect any of his own iniquities . And here it becomes necessary to mention ...
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... took its course . I have nothing more to say than that the man is gone , hanged justly , if you please ; and that it did so happen , luckily for Mr. Hastings , it so happened , that the relief of Mr. Hastings , and the jus- tice of the ...
... took its course . I have nothing more to say than that the man is gone , hanged justly , if you please ; and that it did so happen , luckily for Mr. Hastings , it so happened , that the relief of Mr. Hastings , and the jus- tice of the ...
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... took to frus- trate all inquiry on that subject , upon a wicked and false pretence , that , according to his religious scru ples , he could not be sworn . The great end and object I have in view is SPEECH IN OPENING . 35 THIRD DAY .
... took to frus- trate all inquiry on that subject , upon a wicked and false pretence , that , according to his religious scru ples , he could not be sworn . The great end and object I have in view is SPEECH IN OPENING . 35 THIRD DAY .
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