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... justify it ; but the abuse is now grown so inveterate , that to punish it without previous notice would have an appearance of hardship , if not injustice . The publications I allude to are frequently erro- neous as well as irregular ...
... justify it ; but the abuse is now grown so inveterate , that to punish it without previous notice would have an appearance of hardship , if not injustice . The publications I allude to are frequently erro- neous as well as irregular ...
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... justified by the most numerous and the best precedents . None of these sentiments is the com- mittee , as I conceive , ( and I feel as little as any of them , ) dis- posed to retract , or to soften in the smallest degree . " The Report ...
... justified by the most numerous and the best precedents . None of these sentiments is the com- mittee , as I conceive , ( and I feel as little as any of them , ) dis- posed to retract , or to soften in the smallest degree . " The Report ...
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... those means , to support those principles , and to justify that demeanor . As to his demeanor , my lords , I will venture to say , that , if we fully examine the conduct of all prisoners brought WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 15.
... those means , to support those principles , and to justify that demeanor . As to his demeanor , my lords , I will venture to say , that , if we fully examine the conduct of all prisoners brought WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 15.
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... such services , than that of there having been great distresses and great calamities in India , during his government . Upon these distresses and calamities , he has , indeed , attempted to justify 18 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
... such services , than that of there having been great distresses and great calamities in India , during his government . Upon these distresses and calamities , he has , indeed , attempted to justify 18 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF.
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calamities , he has , indeed , attempted to justify obliquely the corruption that has been charged upon him : but you have not properly in issue these services . You cannot admit the evidence of any such services received directly from ...
calamities , he has , indeed , attempted to justify obliquely the corruption that has been charged upon him : but you have not properly in issue these services . You cannot admit the evidence of any such services received directly from ...
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