The Works of Edmund Burke1839 |
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Page 14
... lordships ' bar . Whether that which has been brought for- ward on these occasions , or that which was left behind , be more highly criminal , I for one , as a person most concerned in this inquiry , do assure your lordships that it is ...
... lordships ' bar . Whether that which has been brought for- ward on these occasions , or that which was left behind , be more highly criminal , I for one , as a person most concerned in this inquiry , do assure your lordships that it is ...
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... lordships ' attention from the vaunted services of the prisoner , which have been urged to convict us of ingratitude , to another part of his recriminatory defence . He says , my lords , that we have not only oppressed him with unjust ...
... lordships ' attention from the vaunted services of the prisoner , which have been urged to convict us of ingratitude , to another part of his recriminatory defence . He says , my lords , that we have not only oppressed him with unjust ...
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... lordships . If this were true , and your lordships were to admit the amount as a rule and esti- mate by which the aggregate of his loss could be ascertained ; the application of the rule of three to the sum and time given , would bring ...
... lordships . If this were true , and your lordships were to admit the amount as a rule and esti- mate by which the aggregate of his loss could be ascertained ; the application of the rule of three to the sum and time given , would bring ...
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... lordships ; the means belong to us as well as to you of removing these charges . Your lordships may inquire upon oath , as we have done in our committee , into all the circumstances of these allegations ; I hope your Lordships will do ...
... lordships ; the means belong to us as well as to you of removing these charges . Your lordships may inquire upon oath , as we have done in our committee , into all the circumstances of these allegations ; I hope your Lordships will do ...
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... lordships will remember , that a most reverend prelate , who cannot be named without every mark of respect and at- tention , conveyed a petition to your lordships , from a gentle- man concerned in one of those narratives . Upon your lord- ...
... lordships will remember , that a most reverend prelate , who cannot be named without every mark of respect and at- tention , conveyed a petition to your lordships , from a gentle- man concerned in one of those narratives . Upon your lord- ...
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