 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 halaman
...diflentions which may, from time to time, on great queftions, agitate the feveral communities which compofe a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal juftice to this great public conteft. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment againft... | |
 | 1792 - 650 halaman
...which may, from time to time, •on great queftionc, agitate the Jeveral communities which compofe a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply tlie ordinary ideas of criminal juflice 10 •this great public conteft. I do not knvw the .metttd... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 halaman
...diffentions which may, from time to time, on great queftions, agitate the feveral communities which compote a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal juftice to this great public conteft. I do not knew the method of drawing up an indictment againft... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 halaman
...exposes as impossible in \ the execution, and consequently absurd in the attempt. ' I,' says he, ' do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.' He went on to other effects which might be expected from perseverance in an endeavour which the colonies... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 halaman
...individuals, or even of bands of men, who disturb order within the state, and the civil dissentions which may, from time to time, on great questions, agitate the...compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantick, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great publick contest. I do not... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 halaman
...individuals, or even of bands of men, who disturb order within the state, and the civil dissentions which may, from time to time, on great questions, agitate the...compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantick, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great publick contest. I do not... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1819 - 574 halaman
...nor virtue left on the earth. Mr. Burke said, in his speech on the Conciliation with America — " I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. 1 cannot insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures. I am not , ripe to pass... | |
 | 1897 - 808 halaman
...me, when a whole people are concerned, that acts of lenity are not means of conciliation." . . . " I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people." These are sentences which will outlast many constitutions, and, like so much of what Burke said, they... | |
 | Harrison Gray Otis - 1824 - 126 halaman
...in his Excellency's collection, by the sides of those of Cataline and Cethegus. HG OTJS. LETTER VI. "I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies, entrusted with magistracies of great authority... | |
 | Harrison Gray Otis - 1824 - 120 halaman
...in his Excellency's collection, by the sides of those of Cataline and Cethegus. LETTER VI. HG OTIS. "I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies, entrusted with magistracies of great authority... | |
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It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. 
