The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 17
... Commons have conducted themselves with sin- gular care and caution . Without losing the spirit and zeal of a publick prosecution , they have comported themselves with such moderation , temper , and decorum , as would not have ill become ...
... Commons have conducted themselves with sin- gular care and caution . Without losing the spirit and zeal of a publick prosecution , they have comported themselves with such moderation , temper , and decorum , as would not have ill become ...
Page 18
... 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 alleged , and the principles he maintained ; and after a ...
... 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 alleged , and the principles he maintained ; and after a ...
Page 21
... Commons should desire , that any thing should be received as proof from them , which is not by na- ture adapted to prove the thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of ...
... Commons should desire , that any thing should be received as proof from them , which is not by na- ture adapted to prove the thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of ...
Page 24
... of your lordships ' justice . Having said all , that I am instructed to say , concerning the process , which the House of Commons has used , con- cerning the crimes , which they have chosen , concerning 24 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... of your lordships ' justice . Having said all , that I am instructed to say , concerning the process , which the House of Commons has used , con- cerning the crimes , which they have chosen , concerning 24 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 27
... Commons of Great Britain , but in their own right , to the bar of this House , before the supreme royal justice of this kingdom , from whence originally all the pow- ers , under which they have suffered , were derived . It may be a ...
... Commons of Great Britain , but in their own right , to the bar of this House , before the supreme royal justice of this kingdom , from whence originally all the pow- ers , under which they have suffered , were derived . It may be a ...
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