The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 34
... rebellion . " This is his second expedient by way of justification . Your Lordships will observe the strange situation in which we are here placed . If the fact of the rebellion can be proved , the discussion of the title to the ...
... rebellion . " This is his second expedient by way of justification . Your Lordships will observe the strange situation in which we are here placed . If the fact of the rebellion can be proved , the discussion of the title to the ...
Page 36
... rebellion . He was asked if he knew any other . He answered , No. It consequently appears that Mr. Hastings , though he had before him his doctors of all laws , who could unravel for him all the enigmas of all the laws in the world ...
... rebellion . He was asked if he knew any other . He answered , No. It consequently appears that Mr. Hastings , though he had before him his doctors of all laws , who could unravel for him all the enigmas of all the laws in the world ...
Page 37
... ? No such thing . He puts an hypothetical question . " Supposing , " says he , " a rebellion to exist in that country ; will the Nabob be justified in seizing the goods of the rebels ? " SPEECH IN REPLY . 37 - FIFTH DAY .
... ? No such thing . He puts an hypothetical question . " Supposing , " says he , " a rebellion to exist in that country ; will the Nabob be justified in seizing the goods of the rebels ? " SPEECH IN REPLY . 37 - FIFTH DAY .
Page 38
... rebellion , though he was at the time in the country , and , if there had been any , he must have been a witness to it ; but , so chaste was his character as a judge , that he would not touch upon the juries ' office . " I am chief ...
... rebellion , though he was at the time in the country , and , if there had been any , he must have been a witness to it ; but , so chaste was his character as a judge , that he would not touch upon the juries ' office . " I am chief ...
Page 39
... rebellion was neces- sary ; but my counsel have found out a book , since published , and from it they produce the law upon that subject , and show that the Nabob had a right to seize upon the treasures of his mother . " But are your ...
... rebellion was neces- sary ; but my counsel have found out a book , since published , and from it they produce the law upon that subject , and show that the Nabob had a right to seize upon the treasures of his mother . " But are your ...
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