The Works of Edmund Burke1839 |
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... characters and reputation of the judges of the courts in Westminster Hall should be kept in the highest degree of respect and reverence ; and that in this pamphlet , described by the name of a libel , the characters and conduct of those ...
... characters and reputation of the judges of the courts in Westminster Hall should be kept in the highest degree of respect and reverence ; and that in this pamphlet , described by the name of a libel , the characters and conduct of those ...
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... character . My lords , far from us , I will add , be that false and affected candor , that is eternally in treaty with crime ; that half vir- tue , which , like the ambiguous animal that flies about in the twilight of a compromise ...
... character . My lords , far from us , I will add , be that false and affected candor , that is eternally in treaty with crime ; that half vir- tue , which , like the ambiguous animal that flies about in the twilight of a compromise ...
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... character to be called in question , from one end of the world to the other . This , I say , he charges upon the Commons of Great Britain ; and he charges it before the Court of Peers of the same kingdom . Had I not heard this language ...
... character to be called in question , from one end of the world to the other . This , I say , he charges upon the Commons of Great Britain ; and he charges it before the Court of Peers of the same kingdom . Had I not heard this language ...
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... character of the evidence which we produce to you . But , my lords , they who withhold their defence , who suffer themselves , as they say , to be cruelly criminated by unjust accusation , and yet will not permit the evidence of their ...
... character of the evidence which we produce to you . But , my lords , they who withhold their defence , who suffer themselves , as they say , to be cruelly criminated by unjust accusation , and yet will not permit the evidence of their ...
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... character suffers without the means of defence , since he objects to the use of means of defence which are at his disposal . Having gone through this part of the prisoner's recrimina- tory charge , I shall close my observations on his ...
... character suffers without the means of defence , since he objects to the use of means of defence which are at his disposal . Having gone through this part of the prisoner's recrimina- tory charge , I shall close my observations on his ...
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