Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: (Several Corrected by Himself)P. Martin, 1816 |
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... person impeached by the Commons of England of high crimes and mis- demeanors , was not a very exalted one , by remark- ing , that till Mr. Hastings should be convicted of the charges , of which he stood impeached , his sta- tion was not ...
... person impeached by the Commons of England of high crimes and mis- demeanors , was not a very exalted one , by remark- ing , that till Mr. Hastings should be convicted of the charges , of which he stood impeached , his sta- tion was not ...
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... person who deserved such compliments , that right honorable gentleman might advance the most unquestionable claims . No man could be more clear and eloquent when he pleased 10 [ MARCH 7 , Ditto -Regiments sent and destined for the East.
... person who deserved such compliments , that right honorable gentleman might advance the most unquestionable claims . No man could be more clear and eloquent when he pleased 10 [ MARCH 7 , Ditto -Regiments sent and destined for the East.
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... person capable of asking from an enlightened people so much power must be mad , and consequently not capable of applying it with sound reason to a good end . But , said the right honorable gentleman , judge of us by experi- Have we not ...
... person capable of asking from an enlightened people so much power must be mad , and consequently not capable of applying it with sound reason to a good end . But , said the right honorable gentleman , judge of us by experi- Have we not ...
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... person on account of services performed in India ; except , as is excepted in the preceding clause . - The fourth and last was , to oblige the directors to lay annually before parliament , an account of the produce of all their revenues ...
... person on account of services performed in India ; except , as is excepted in the preceding clause . - The fourth and last was , to oblige the directors to lay annually before parliament , an account of the produce of all their revenues ...
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... person ; and their consciousness that whatever there might be of servility and cor- ruption among his adherents , he was himself a stranger to the existence of either ; and instead of meanly deserting his party , when he was unfor ...
... person ; and their consciousness that whatever there might be of servility and cor- ruption among his adherents , he was himself a stranger to the existence of either ; and instead of meanly deserting his party , when he was unfor ...
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Seite 136 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Seite 112 - British humanity ! Mr. Hastings guarantees to the allies of the company their prosperity and his protection. The former he secures by sending an army to plunder them of their wealth and to desolate their soil. The latter produces the misery and the ruin of the protected. His is the protection which the vulture gives to the lamb, which covers while it devours its prey; which, stretching its baleful pinions and hovering in...
Seite 125 - ... justice of the British nation. This inquiry, however, Mr. Hastings thought it absolutely necessary to elude. He stated to the council, in answer, "that it would revive those animosities that subsisted between the Begums and the Nabob [Asoph Dowlah], which had then subsided.
Seite 123 - He would not allow even of a delay of two days to smooth the compelled approaches of a son to his mother, on this occasion! His orders were peremptory. After this, my Lords, can it be said that the prisoner was ignorant of the acts, or not culpable for their consequences? It is true he did not direct the guards, the famine, and the bludgeons...
Seite 302 - That you be led back to the place from whence you came, and from thence to be drawn upon a hurdle to the place of execution, and there you shall be hanged by the neck, and being alive, shall be cut down .... and your entrails to be taken out of your body, and you living, the same to be...
Seite 121 - I conjure you, by your sacred names, to depart for a moment from this place, though it be your peculiar residence; nor hear your names profaned by such a sacrilegious combination as that which I am now compelled to repeat ! — where all the fair forms of nature and art, truth and peace, policy and honour...
Seite 116 - It goes to show that some, at least, of the persons concerned in these transactions felt the force of those ties which their efforts were directed to tear asunder ; that those who could ridicule the respective attachment of a mother and a son; who...
Seite 141 - Wales, being resident within the realm, shall be empowered to exercise and administer the Royal Authority, according to the laws and constitution of Great Britain, in the name, and on the behalf of his Majesty, and under the style and title of Regent of the kingdom ; and to use, execute and perform, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, all authorities, prerogatives, acts of government, and administration of the same, that belong to the King of this Realm, to use, execute, and perform, according...
Seite 59 - It is not the secret consciousness in the bosom of the judge which can excite the vengeance of the law. and authorize its infliction ! No ! In this good land, as high as it is happy, because as just as it is free, all is definite, equitable, and exact. The laws must be satisfied before...
Seite 121 - I conjure you by your sacred names to depart for a moment from this place, though it be your peculiar residence ; nor hear your names profaned by such a sacrilegious combination, as that which I am now compelled to repeat ! where all the fair forms of nature and art, truth and peace, policy and honor, shrunk back aghast from the deleterious shade...