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... Evidences , Doctrines , and Duties of the Christian Religion . Guizot's Representative Government . Translated by A. R. SCOBLE . History of the English Revo- lution of 1640. Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT . Portrait . - History of ...
... Evidences , Doctrines , and Duties of the Christian Religion . Guizot's Representative Government . Translated by A. R. SCOBLE . History of the English Revo- lution of 1640. Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT . Portrait . - History of ...
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... evidence which natur- ally belongs to each article of this accusation . This , my lords , is the plan which we mean to pursue on the great charge which is now to abide your judgment . My lords , I must look upon it as an auspicious ...
... evidence which natur- ally belongs to each article of this accusation . This , my lords , is the plan which we mean to pursue on the great charge which is now to abide your judgment . My lords , I must look upon it as an auspicious ...
Strana 15
... evidence which we have brought to support such a charge , and which ought to be equal in weight to the charge itself . It is chiefly evidence of record , officially signed by the criminal himself in many instances . We have brought ...
... evidence which we have brought to support such a charge , and which ought to be equal in weight to the charge itself . It is chiefly evidence of record , officially signed by the criminal himself in many instances . We have brought ...
Strana 16
... evidence of all kinds has been obtained against him . I have no doubt that in nine instances in ten the evidence is such as would satisfy the narrow precision supposed to prevail , and to a degree rightly to prevail , in all subordinate ...
... evidence of all kinds has been obtained against him . I have no doubt that in nine instances in ten the evidence is such as would satisfy the narrow precision supposed to prevail , and to a degree rightly to prevail , in all subordinate ...
Strana 19
... evidence which they mean to produce , I am now to proceed to open that part of the business which falls to my share . It is rather an explanation of the circumstances than an enforce- ment of the crimes . Your lordships of course will ...
... evidence which they mean to produce , I am now to proceed to open that part of the business which falls to my share . It is rather an explanation of the circumstances than an enforce- ment of the crimes . Your lordships of course will ...
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abuse accusation act of parliament affairs appear appointed arbitrary power authority banyan believe Bengal bonds bribery bribes Calcutta called character charge circumstances committee Company Company's concealment conduct consequence consider corruption Cossim Ally council court of directors covenants crimes criminal Debi Sing declared defence Dinagepore duty endeavoured English evidence extortion favour fraud Gentoo give given governor Governor-General guilt Gunga Govin Sing hands Hastings's Holwell honour House of Commons India inquiry judge justice lacks Larkins letter Lord Clive lords lordships Mahomed Reza Khân Mahomedan manner means ment Mogul Mogul empire Munny Begum Nabob native nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression paid peculation person pretended prince principles prisoner proceeding proof prosecution prove provinces punishment Rajah received regard revenue rupees servants Sir John Clavering situation suffer taken Tamerlane thing tion transaction Translated trust vols Warren Hastings whole zemindars
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Strana 229 - My Lords, what is it that we want here to a great act of national justice ? Do we want a cause, my Lords ? You have the cause of oppressed princes, of undone women of the first rank, of desolated provinces, and of wasted kingdoms. Do you want a criminal, my Lords ? When was there so much iniquity ever laid to the charge of any one ? No, my Lords, you must not look to punish any other such delinquent from India.
Strana 101 - Law and arbitrary power are in eternal enmity. Name me a magistrate, and I will name property ; name me power, and I will name protection. It is a contradiction in terms, it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to...
Strana 229 - Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords, is it a prosecutor you want? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors, and I believe, my lords, that the sun in his beneficent progress round the world does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men, separated from a remote people by the material...
Strana 230 - We have here all the branches of the royal family in a situation between majesty and subjection, between the sovereign and the subject, offering a pledge in that situation for the support of the rights of the crown and the liberties of the people, both which extremities they touch. My lords, we have a great hereditary peerage here — those who have their own honour, the honour of their ancestors and of their posterity, to guard...