The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... LORDS , -- On the last day of the sitting of this court , when I had the honour of appearing before you by the order of my fellow - managers , I stated to you their observations and my own upon two great points ; one the demeanour of ...
... LORDS , -- On the last day of the sitting of this court , when I had the honour of appearing before you by the order of my fellow - managers , I stated to you their observations and my own upon two great points ; one the demeanour of ...
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... lords , is the law which he has laid down for himself , and these are the examples which he has expressly told the House of Commons he is resolved to follow . These examples , my lords , and the principles with which they are connected ...
... lords , is the law which he has laid down for himself , and these are the examples which he has expressly told the House of Commons he is resolved to follow . These examples , my lords , and the principles with which they are connected ...
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... lords , he is no conqueror , nor anything but what you see him ; a bad scribbler of absurd papers , in which he can put no two sentences together without contradiction . We know him in no other character than that of having been a ...
... lords , he is no conqueror , nor anything but what you see him ; a bad scribbler of absurd papers , in which he can put no two sentences together without contradiction . We know him in no other character than that of having been a ...
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... Lords and the sovereign of the Commons , individually and collec- tively ; and as he has his prerogative established by law , he must exercise it , and all persons claiming and deriving under him , whether by act of parliament , whether ...
... Lords and the sovereign of the Commons , individually and collec- tively ; and as he has his prerogative established by law , he must exercise it , and all persons claiming and deriving under him , whether by act of parliament , whether ...
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... lords , that Mr. Hastings , as a magistrate , was bound to proceed against the Rajah either by English law , by Mahomedan law , or by the Gentoo law ; and that by all or any of these laws he was bound to make the accused acquainted with ...
... lords , that Mr. Hastings , as a magistrate , was bound to proceed against the Rajah either by English law , by Mahomedan law , or by the Gentoo law ; and that by all or any of these laws he was bound to make the accused acquainted with ...
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