The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... consider- ation of the remaining part of our charge , and of the prisoner's attempts to defend himself against it . Mr. Hastings , well knowing ( what your Lordships must also by this time be perfectly satisfied was the case ) that this ...
... consider- ation of the remaining part of our charge , and of the prisoner's attempts to defend himself against it . Mr. Hastings , well knowing ( what your Lordships must also by this time be perfectly satisfied was the case ) that this ...
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... consider your in- structions to vest me . I therefore declared to the Nabob , in presence of the minister and Mr. Johnson , who I desired might bear witness of the conversation , that I construed his rejection of the measure pro- posed ...
... consider your in- structions to vest me . I therefore declared to the Nabob , in presence of the minister and Mr. Johnson , who I desired might bear witness of the conversation , that I construed his rejection of the measure pro- posed ...
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... consider it a direct breach of the late agreement , and totally reject the proposal as such ; and I must own to you , that , in his present fermented state of mind , I could expect nothing less than despair and a declared rupture . " He ...
... consider it a direct breach of the late agreement , and totally reject the proposal as such ; and I must own to you , that , in his present fermented state of mind , I could expect nothing less than despair and a declared rupture . " He ...
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... consider that I can be actuated by no other mo- tive than a zeal for the public service , and that , if , after all , you determine that the measure shall be insisted on , it will be only the loss of six or at most eight days in ...
... consider that I can be actuated by no other mo- tive than a zeal for the public service , and that , if , after all , you determine that the measure shall be insisted on , it will be only the loss of six or at most eight days in ...
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... Consider , too , my Lords , for what object all this was done . Was Mr. Hastings endeavoring , by his arbitrary interference and the use of his superior power , to screen a people from the usurpation and power of a tyrant , from any ...
... Consider , too , my Lords , for what object all this was done . Was Mr. Hastings endeavoring , by his arbitrary interference and the use of his superior power , to screen a people from the usurpation and power of a tyrant , from any ...
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