 I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language, in saying, that the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs and the promise...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 336by Edmund Burke - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - India - 1786 - 334 pages
...abettors and inftruments of " their imputed wrongs ; let us. at leaft permit them to " be the judges of their own feelings, and prefer their " complaints, before we offer to redrefs them. They " will qot need to be prompted. I hope \ mall not *( depart from the fimplicity... | |
 | East India Company - Great Britain - 1787 - 374 pages
...abettors and inftruments of their imputed •wrongs— let us at leaft permit them to be the judges of their own feelings, and prefer their complaints before we offer to redrefs them ; they will not need to be prompted. I hope I fhall not depart from the fimplicity of... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 382 pages
...obliterated. " Let us," faid the Governor in his minute of Council, " at leaft permit them to be judges of their own feelings, and prefer their complaints before we offer to redrefs them. The. MAJESTY of JUSTICE ought to be approached with folicitation, not dcfcend to provoke... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1815 - 546 pages
...abettors and instruments of their imputed " wrongs, let us at least permit them to be the " judges of their own feelings, and prefer their " complaints,...I hope I " shall not depart from the simplicity of oflicial " language in saying, the majesty of justice ought " to be approached with solicitation, not... | |
 | James Mill - Hindus - 1820 - 1100 pages
...abettors, and instruments of their imputed wrongs; let us at least permit them to be the judges of thtu own feelings, and prefer their complaints, before...approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or iavite it, much less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs, and the promise of redress, with... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 566 pages
...— let them learn a lesson from this great statesman, this enlarged, this liberal philosopher : — 'I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in saying, that the Majesty of Justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 586 pages
...— let them learn a lesson from this great statesman, this enlarged, this liberal philosopher : — 'I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in saying, that the Majesty of Justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 570 pages
...let them learn a lesson from this great statesman, this enlarged, this liberal philosopher : — ' I hope I shall not depart from, the simplicity of official language, in saying that the Majesty of Justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...element. Arbutlmo' And make the symbols of atoning grace An office-iey ; a picklock for a place. Cowper. I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in saying, that the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation. Warren Hastings. Will they thank... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 520 pages
...justice, ufficiently determined." this great statesman, I his enlarged, this liberal philosopher : — ' I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in saying, that the Majesty of Justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite... | |
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