The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Bell & Daldy, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... taken these pains to ascertain and fix principles , because your lordships are not called upon to judge of facts . A jury may find facts , but no jury can form a judgment of law ; it is an application of the law to the fact that makes ...
... taken these pains to ascertain and fix principles , because your lordships are not called upon to judge of facts . A jury may find facts , but no jury can form a judgment of law ; it is an application of the law to the fact that makes ...
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... taken before that fatal moment , namely , the flight of Cheit Sing , is an incontrovertible proof that I had formed no design of seizing upon the Rajah's treasures or of deposing him . And certainly at the time when I did form the ...
... taken before that fatal moment , namely , the flight of Cheit Sing , is an incontrovertible proof that I had formed no design of seizing upon the Rajah's treasures or of deposing him . And certainly at the time when I did form the ...
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... taken from a tribut- ary power ) , that it was not for misconduct of this kind that he took this sum , but for personal ill behaviour towards him- self . I must again beg your lordships to note that he then considered the Rajah's ...
... taken from a tribut- ary power ) , that it was not for misconduct of this kind that he took this sum , but for personal ill behaviour towards him- self . I must again beg your lordships to note that he then considered the Rajah's ...
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... taken , of acts which he had done , before he knew anything of its existence . To such a plea we answer , and your lordships will every one of you answer , you shall not by a subsequent discovery of re- bellious practices , which you ...
... taken , of acts which he had done , before he knew anything of its existence . To such a plea we answer , and your lordships will every one of you answer , you shall not by a subsequent discovery of re- bellious practices , which you ...
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... taken to obtain possession of this place , soon after the flight of its unfortunate proprietor . And what did he find in it ? A great and powerful garrison ? No , my lords ; he found in it the wives and family of the Rajah ; he found it ...
... taken to obtain possession of this place , soon after the flight of its unfortunate proprietor . And what did he find in it ? A great and powerful garrison ? No , my lords ; he found in it the wives and family of the Rajah ; he found it ...
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