The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 35
... character , the last in the order of legal progress , that , to which all professional men look up as the crown of their labours , that ultimate hope of men grown grey in professional practice , is among the first experimental ...
... character , the last in the order of legal progress , that , to which all professional men look up as the crown of their labours , that ultimate hope of men grown grey in professional practice , is among the first experimental ...
Page 38
... character , and will always find himself utterly incapable of justifying his con- duct . So far I have troubled your lordships with the sys- tem of confederacy and connivance , which , under his 38 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... character , and will always find himself utterly incapable of justifying his con- duct . So far I have troubled your lordships with the sys- tem of confederacy and connivance , which , under his 38 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 41
... character ; and , once entered into that course of life , there is no difference between the best casts and the worst . That system Mr. Hastings confirmed , established , increased , and made the instrument of the most austere OF WARREN ...
... character ; and , once entered into that course of life , there is no difference between the best casts and the worst . That system Mr. Hastings confirmed , established , increased , and made the instrument of the most austere OF WARREN ...
Page 42
... offices of publick registry . Through them Mr. Hastings has exercised oppressions , which , I will venture to say , in his own name , in his own character , daring as he is ( and he is the most 42 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... offices of publick registry . Through them Mr. Hastings has exercised oppressions , which , I will venture to say , in his own name , in his own character , daring as he is ( and he is the most 42 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 45
... characters of their servants , their capacities , their ways of thinking , the turn and bias of their minds . If well em ... character and capacity of their servants , was ; but it furnished the means of detecting their misconduct ; fre ...
... characters of their servants , their capacities , their ways of thinking , the turn and bias of their minds . If well em ... character and capacity of their servants , was ; but it furnished the means of detecting their misconduct ; fre ...
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