The Annual Register, Volume 117Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1876 Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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Edmund Burke. " Before determining whether I should offer to assume a charge which might extend over a length of time , I have re-. viewed. ,. with. all. the. care. in. my. power. ,. a. number. of. considerations. ,. both public and private ...
Edmund Burke. " Before determining whether I should offer to assume a charge which might extend over a length of time , I have re-. viewed. ,. with. all. the. care. in. my. power. ,. a. number. of. considerations. ,. both public and private ...
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... charges which are false I will say rather to make statements which he believes it his duty to make . It is not right to make such statements , I will not say to defame , but to charge eminent judges , and to create in the mind of the ...
... charges which are false I will say rather to make statements which he believes it his duty to make . It is not right to make such statements , I will not say to defame , but to charge eminent judges , and to create in the mind of the ...
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... charges of the most grave character . I say that the man who makes those charges , and who hesitates to come forward and , to the best of his power , to substantiate them , at any rate will have no right to say anything against the ...
... charges of the most grave character . I say that the man who makes those charges , and who hesitates to come forward and , to the best of his power , to substantiate them , at any rate will have no right to say anything against the ...
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... charges now made were then brought forward . Dr. Kenealy had not appealed to the Secretary of State against ... charge , of course , was against the Lord Chief Justice alone , on whom Mr. Disraeli pronounced a brilliant eulogium ...
... charges now made were then brought forward . Dr. Kenealy had not appealed to the Secretary of State against ... charge , of course , was against the Lord Chief Justice alone , on whom Mr. Disraeli pronounced a brilliant eulogium ...
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... charge of an unfair use of his majority , he replied that no Bill , consisting virtually of a single clause , had ever been so fully debated , and every one of the amendments was fully opposed to the principle of the Bill . He reminded ...
... charge of an unfair use of his majority , he replied that no Bill , consisting virtually of a single clause , had ever been so fully debated , and every one of the amendments was fully opposed to the principle of the Bill . He reminded ...
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