The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 255
... judges the attestations of the injured to their character . Voltaire says , " Les bons mots sont toujours redits . " A similar occasion has here produced a similar conduct . He has got just the same character , as Caius Verres got in an ...
... judges the attestations of the injured to their character . Voltaire says , " Les bons mots sont toujours redits . " A similar occasion has here produced a similar conduct . He has got just the same character , as Caius Verres got in an ...
Page 270
... judges , and who in carving for others , were carving for themselves their own allowance at the time . But , my lords , I am to give a better opinion of the sufficiency of that provision to guard against the temptation , out of Mr ...
... judges , and who in carving for others , were carving for themselves their own allowance at the time . But , my lords , I am to give a better opinion of the sufficiency of that provision to guard against the temptation , out of Mr ...
Page 297
... judges . I am reduced on this occasion to make the declaration , that I look upon General Clavering , Colonel Monson , and Mr. Francis , as my accusers . I cannot prove this in the direct letter of the law , but in my conscience I ...
... judges . I am reduced on this occasion to make the declaration , that I look upon General Clavering , Colonel Monson , and Mr. Francis , as my accusers . I cannot prove this in the direct letter of the law , but in my conscience I ...
Page 300
... judges . From the first commencement of this admi- nistration every means have been tried both to deprive me of the ... judge necessary . " My lords , you see here the picture of Nundcomar drawn by Mr. Hastings himself — you see the ...
... judges . From the first commencement of this admi- nistration every means have been tried both to deprive me of the ... judge necessary . " My lords , you see here the picture of Nundcomar drawn by Mr. Hastings himself — you see the ...
Page 301
... judges . " He was not called upon to acknowledge them to be his judges ; both he and they were called upon to inquire into all corruptions without exception ; it was his duty not mere- ly to traverse and oppose them , while inquiring ...
... judges . " He was not called upon to acknowledge them to be his judges ; both he and they were called upon to inquire into all corruptions without exception ; it was his duty not mere- ly to traverse and oppose them , while inquiring ...
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