The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 212
... witnesses , as not on oath , though they had never ordered or authorized them so to be taken . They went further ... witness against him 212 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... witnesses , as not on oath , though they had never ordered or authorized them so to be taken . They went further ... witness against him 212 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
Page 213
Edmund Burke. and made him a complainant and a witness against him in the stupidest and most improbable of all accusations ; - namely , that Paterson had menaced him with punishment , if he did not , in so many words , slander and ...
Edmund Burke. and made him a complainant and a witness against him in the stupidest and most improbable of all accusations ; - namely , that Paterson had menaced him with punishment , if he did not , in so many words , slander and ...
Page 232
... witness , and , I believe , in the course of the proceedings you will find , a false witness for Gunga Govin Sing . " To my own know- ledge , " says he , " they are vacant . " Why , I cannot find , that Mr. Hastings had ever been in ...
... witness , and , I believe , in the course of the proceedings you will find , a false witness for Gunga Govin Sing . " To my own know- ledge , " says he , " they are vacant . " Why , I cannot find , that Mr. Hastings had ever been in ...
Page 237
... witness , taking from a report of a committee of the House of Commons . " Are you acquainted with the situation of the zemindary of Baharbund ? -It lies to the eastward of Dinagepore and Rungpore . I was stationed in that neighbourhood ...
... witness , taking from a report of a committee of the House of Commons . " Are you acquainted with the situation of the zemindary of Baharbund ? -It lies to the eastward of Dinagepore and Rungpore . I was stationed in that neighbourhood ...
Page 276
... witnesses may be perjured ; and , as we know , that documents can be forged , we have recourse to a known principle in the laws of all countries , that circumstances can- not lie ; and , therefore , if the testimony , that is given ...
... witnesses may be perjured ; and , as we know , that documents can be forged , we have recourse to a known principle in the laws of all countries , that circumstances can- not lie ; and , therefore , if the testimony , that is given ...
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