The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 21
... charge , and which ought to be equal in weight to the charge itself . It is chief- ly evidence of record , officially signed by the criminal him- self in many instances . We have brought before you his own letters , authenticated by his ...
... charge , and which ought to be equal in weight to the charge itself . It is chief- ly evidence of record , officially signed by the criminal him- self in many instances . We have brought before you his own letters , authenticated by his ...
Page 49
... charges , than as proof of the charges themselves . I know , that a good deal of latitude is allowed to advo- cates , when opening a cause in a private court , to indulge themselves in their narratives leading to the charges they intend ...
... charges , than as proof of the charges themselves . I know , that a good deal of latitude is allowed to advo- cates , when opening a cause in a private court , to indulge themselves in their narratives leading to the charges they intend ...
Page 65
... charge Mr. Hastings with any part of that guilt . What bears upon Mr. Hastings is , his having avowedly looked to such a tyrant and such a usurper , as his model , and followed that pernicious example with a servile fidelity . When I ...
... charge Mr. Hastings with any part of that guilt . What bears upon Mr. Hastings is , his having avowedly looked to such a tyrant and such a usurper , as his model , and followed that pernicious example with a servile fidelity . When I ...
Page 84
... charge or prove , leaving the effect of them to you ) very dis- honourable , I believe , to Cossim Ally Cawn in the business , and to some Englishmen , who were concerned . The difficulty of getting rid of Meeran being thus remov- ed ...
... charge or prove , leaving the effect of them to you ) very dis- honourable , I believe , to Cossim Ally Cawn in the business , and to some Englishmen , who were concerned . The difficulty of getting rid of Meeran being thus remov- ed ...
Page 116
... charge on the principles of the governments there , rather than on those of our own country , ( which I trust your lordships will oblige him finally to be governed by , puffed up as he is with the insolence of Asia ) the nearest to us ...
... charge on the principles of the governments there , rather than on those of our own country , ( which I trust your lordships will oblige him finally to be governed by , puffed up as he is with the insolence of Asia ) the nearest to us ...
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