The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Speeches and correspondenceG. Bell & sons, 1889 |
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Page 15
... brought before you an obscure offender , who , when his insignificance and weakness are weighed against the power of the prosecution , gives even to public justice some- thing of the appearance of oppression ; no , my lords , we have ...
... brought before you an obscure offender , who , when his insignificance and weakness are weighed against the power of the prosecution , gives even to public justice some- thing of the appearance of oppression ; no , my lords , we have ...
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... brought from India into England . In this case the most sacred judicature ought to look to its reputation . Without offence we may venture to suggest , that the best way to secure reputation is not by a proud defiance of public opinion ...
... brought from India into England . In this case the most sacred judicature ought to look to its reputation . Without offence we may venture to suggest , that the best way to secure reputation is not by a proud defiance of public opinion ...
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... brought against him of any bribery , corruption , or other malversation , his course has been to answer little or nothing to that speci- fic bribery , corruption , or malversation ; his way has been to call on the court of directors to ...
... brought against him of any bribery , corruption , or other malversation , his course has been to answer little or nothing to that speci- fic bribery , corruption , or malversation ; his way has been to call on the court of directors to ...
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... brought for- ward his banyan . He seated him in the houses of the prin- cipal nobility , and invested him with farms of the revenue ; he has given him enormous jobs ; he has put him over the heads of a robility which for their grandeur ...
... brought for- ward his banyan . He seated him in the houses of the prin- cipal nobility , and invested him with farms of the revenue ; he has given him enormous jobs ; he has put him over the heads of a robility which for their grandeur ...
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... brought before this court , in which he has laid the axe at once to the root ; which was , by delegating out of his own hands a great department of the powers of the Company , which he was himself bound to execute , to a board which was ...
... brought before this court , in which he has laid the axe at once to the root ; which was , by delegating out of his own hands a great department of the powers of the Company , which he was himself bound to execute , to a board which was ...
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