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... Lord Cornwallis has had such a deputa- tion . I must first beg leave to observe , that no man can jus- tify himself in doing any illegal act by its having been done by another ; much less can he justify his own illegal act by pleading ...
... Lord Cornwallis has had such a deputa- tion . I must first beg leave to observe , that no man can jus- tify himself in doing any illegal act by its having been done by another ; much less can he justify his own illegal act by pleading ...
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Edmund Burke. Cornwallis had preceded , instead of following him , the ex- ample would not have furnished a justification . There is no resemblance in the cases . Lord Cornwallis does not hold his government by the act of 1773 , but by a ...
Edmund Burke. Cornwallis had preceded , instead of following him , the ex- ample would not have furnished a justification . There is no resemblance in the cases . Lord Cornwallis does not hold his government by the act of 1773 , but by a ...
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... lordships , what has just been suggested to me , that it was for the express purpose of legalizing Lord Cornwallis's delegation that he was made commander - in - chief as well as governor - general by the act . The next plea urged by Mr ...
... lordships , what has just been suggested to me , that it was for the express purpose of legalizing Lord Cornwallis's delegation that he was made commander - in - chief as well as governor - general by the act . The next plea urged by Mr ...
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... Lord Cornwallis . The perfect credibility of his testimony Mr. Hastings has established out of Lord Cornwallis's mouth ; who , being asked the character of Mr. Jonathan Duncan , has declared that there is nothing he can report of the ...
... Lord Cornwallis . The perfect credibility of his testimony Mr. Hastings has established out of Lord Cornwallis's mouth ; who , being asked the character of Mr. Jonathan Duncan , has declared that there is nothing he can report of the ...
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... Lord Cornwallis with which they had been entirely filled at the appearance of the prisoner at your bar . From him they fled in dismay . They fled from his very presence as from a consuming pestilence , as from something far worse than ...
... Lord Cornwallis with which they had been entirely filled at the appearance of the prisoner at your bar . From him they fled in dismay . They fled from his very presence as from a consuming pestilence , as from something far worse than ...
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