The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 132
... reason to regret , that he did not finish his education in that noble seminary , which has given so many luminaries to the church , and ornaments to the state . Greatly it is to be lamented , that he did not go to those universities ...
... reason to regret , that he did not finish his education in that noble seminary , which has given so many luminaries to the church , and ornaments to the state . Greatly it is to be lamented , that he did not go to those universities ...
Page 133
... reason to exclaim against so flagitious a pro- ceeding . A sense of propriety and decorum might have re- strained us from prosecuting . They might have been re- strained by some sort of decorum from pursuing him crimi- nally . But the ...
... reason to exclaim against so flagitious a pro- ceeding . A sense of propriety and decorum might have re- strained us from prosecuting . They might have been re- strained by some sort of decorum from pursuing him crimi- nally . But the ...
Page 165
... reason to be afraid , let us now go into the inquiry . I think he did very ill not to go into the inquiry , when the man was alive ; but be it so , that he was afraid of him , and waited till he was removed , why not afterwards go into ...
... reason to be afraid , let us now go into the inquiry . I think he did very ill not to go into the inquiry , when the man was alive ; but be it so , that he was afraid of him , and waited till he was removed , why not afterwards go into ...
Page 167
... reason to repent they ever trusted an English coun- cil , that they ever trusted a court of directors , that they ever trusted an English act of parliament , that they ever dared to make their complaints . And here I charge upon Mr ...
... reason to repent they ever trusted an English coun- cil , that they ever trusted a court of directors , that they ever trusted an English act of parliament , that they ever dared to make their complaints . And here I charge upon Mr ...
Page 168
... reason to think there was an infinite number besides ; ) but it did so happen , that they were those bribes , which he thought might be discovered , some of which he knew were discovered , and all of which he knew might become the ...
... reason to think there was an infinite number besides ; ) but it did so happen , that they were those bribes , which he thought might be discovered , some of which he knew were discovered , and all of which he knew might become the ...
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