The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... accused by a body representing no less than the sacred voice of his country - what he must have been when placed in the seat of pride and power . What must have been the insolence of that man towards the natives of India , who , when ...
... accused by a body representing no less than the sacred voice of his country - what he must have been when placed in the seat of pride and power . What must have been the insolence of that man towards the natives of India , who , when ...
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... accused , and to con- vict him of his crime , previous to his inflicting or forming any intention of inflicting punishment . I say , my lords , that Mr. Hastings , as a magistrate , was bound to proceed against the Rajah either by ...
... accused , and to con- vict him of his crime , previous to his inflicting or forming any intention of inflicting punishment . I say , my lords , that Mr. Hastings , as a magistrate , was bound to proceed against the Rajah either by ...
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... accused Cheit Sing of rebellious intentions , nor furnished Mr. Hastings with one single proof that any conspiracy with any foreign power existed . In this absence of evidence , my lords , let us have recourse to probability . Is it to ...
... accused Cheit Sing of rebellious intentions , nor furnished Mr. Hastings with one single proof that any conspiracy with any foreign power existed . In this absence of evidence , my lords , let us have recourse to probability . Is it to ...
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... same ; and listening to the representation of the person accused ( namely , the resident Markham ) , did continue to confine the said Dur- bedgy Sing in prison , and did invest the resident 54 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
... same ; and listening to the representation of the person accused ( namely , the resident Markham ) , did continue to confine the said Dur- bedgy Sing in prison , and did invest the resident 54 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
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... accused fairly heard in his defence . They claim from you , that no man shall be imprisoned on a matter of account , until the account is settled between the parties . And claiming this , we do say , that the prisoner's conduct towards ...
... accused fairly heard in his defence . They claim from you , that no man shall be imprisoned on a matter of account , until the account is settled between the parties . And claiming this , we do say , that the prisoner's conduct towards ...
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