The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... lordships ' recollection the principles of the accusation and of the de- fence . Your lordships will bear in mind , that the matters of fact are all either settled by confession or conviction , and that the question now before you is no ...
... lordships ' recollection the principles of the accusation and of the de- fence . Your lordships will bear in mind , that the matters of fact are all either settled by confession or conviction , and that the question now before you is no ...
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... lordships ' bar for judgment . This is our table of the law . Your lordships shall now be shown the table by which he claims to be judged ; but I will first beg your lordships to take notice of the utter contempt with which he treats ...
... lordships ' bar for judgment . This is our table of the law . Your lordships shall now be shown the table by which he claims to be judged ; but I will first beg your lordships to take notice of the utter contempt with which he treats ...
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... lordships the maxims by which the prisoner persists in defending himself , and the prin- ciples upon which we claim to have him judged . The issue before your lordships is a hundred times more important than the cause itself , for it is ...
... lordships the maxims by which the prisoner persists in defending himself , and the prin- ciples upon which we claim to have him judged . The issue before your lordships is a hundred times more important than the cause itself , for it is ...
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... lordships will now be pleased to advert to the man- ner in which he defends himself and these proceedings . He says , " I rejected this offer of twenty lacks , with which the Rajah would have compromised for his guilt when it was too ...
... lordships will now be pleased to advert to the man- ner in which he defends himself and these proceedings . He says , " I rejected this offer of twenty lacks , with which the Rajah would have compromised for his guilt when it was too ...
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... lordships to the places in which all these transactions are mentioned , and you will there find Mr. Hastings took no ... lordships will observe that he slips in the word sovereignty , and forgets compact ; because it is plain , and your ...
... lordships to the places in which all these transactions are mentioned , and you will there find Mr. Hastings took no ... lordships will observe that he slips in the word sovereignty , and forgets compact ; because it is plain , and your ...
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