The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... letter was unquestion- ably dictated to him by the prisoner . We have laid a ground of direct proof before you , that the Nabob's being at Chunar , that his proceedings there , and that all his acts were so dictated , and consequently ...
... letter was unquestion- ably dictated to him by the prisoner . We have laid a ground of direct proof before you , that the Nabob's being at Chunar , that his proceedings there , and that all his acts were so dictated , and consequently ...
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... letter in the form you seemed to expect . I hope there is nothing in it that may to you appear too pointed . If you wish the matter to be otherwise un- derstood than I have taken up and stated it , I need not say I shall be ready to ...
... letter in the form you seemed to expect . I hope there is nothing in it that may to you appear too pointed . If you wish the matter to be otherwise un- derstood than I have taken up and stated it , I need not say I shall be ready to ...
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... letter , which I think is sufficiently clear upon the subject , there is also another much . more clear upon your Lordships ' minutes , much more distinct and much more pointed , expressive of his being resolved to make such ...
... letter , which I think is sufficiently clear upon the subject , there is also another much . more clear upon your Lordships ' minutes , much more distinct and much more pointed , expressive of his being resolved to make such ...
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... letter seems to portend , I must beg your precise orders upon it ; as , from the difficulties I have within these few days experienced in carrying the points you had enjoined with the Nabob , I have the best grounds for believing that ...
... letter seems to portend , I must beg your precise orders upon it ; as , from the difficulties I have within these few days experienced in carrying the points you had enjoined with the Nabob , I have the best grounds for believing that ...
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... letter to Colonel Morgan : liber- ties which I confidently trust you will excuse , when you 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 ...
... letter to Colonel Morgan : liber- ties which I confidently trust you will excuse , when you 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 ...
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