The Works of Edmund Burke1839 |
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Page 11
... never shall ( nor can we conceive that we ever should ) pass from this bar , without in- dignation , without rage and despair , if the House of Com- mons should , upon such a defence as has here been made against such a charge as they ...
... never shall ( nor can we conceive that we ever should ) pass from this bar , without in- dignation , without rage and despair , if the House of Com- mons should , upon such a defence as has here been made against such a charge as they ...
Page 28
... never lose sight of it for a moment . For seventeen years they have , almost without intermission , pursued , by every sort of inquiry , by legislative and by judicial remedy , the cure of this Indian malady , worse ten thousand times ...
... never lose sight of it for a moment . For seventeen years they have , almost without intermission , pursued , by every sort of inquiry , by legislative and by judicial remedy , the cure of this Indian malady , worse ten thousand times ...
Page 31
... never once applied , by commission or otherwise , to falsify any one fact that is charged upon him . No , my lords , not one ; therefore that part of his petition , which states the injury he has received from the Commons of Great ...
... never once applied , by commission or otherwise , to falsify any one fact that is charged upon him . No , my lords , not one ; therefore that part of his petition , which states the injury he has received from the Commons of Great ...
Page 37
... never asked for inquiry from that day to this . Whenever he or they who are criminated , not by us , but in this volume of Reports that is in my hand , desire it , the House will give them all possible satisfaction upon the subject . A ...
... never asked for inquiry from that day to this . Whenever he or they who are criminated , not by us , but in this volume of Reports that is in my hand , desire it , the House will give them all possible satisfaction upon the subject . A ...
Page 43
... never in- corporated with their conquerors , were kept in order only by the strong hand of power . The constant necessity of similar exertions would increase at once their energy and extent , so that rebellion itself is the parent and ...
... never in- corporated with their conquerors , were kept in order only by the strong hand of power . The constant necessity of similar exertions would increase at once their energy and extent , so that rebellion itself is the parent and ...
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