 I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in saying that the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs and the promise...  The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 345by Edmund Burke - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 662 pages
...pretence, " that the majesty of justice ought to be " approached with solicitation, and that it would " debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs, and " the promise of redress,") in a governour, whose business it is, even of himself, and unsolicited, not only to promise, but to... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 504 pages
...lesson from this great statesman, this enlarged , this liberal philosopher : — 'I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in...promise of redress, with the denunciation of punishment betore trial, and even before accusation. This is the exhortation which Mr. Hastings makes to his Counsel.... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 258 pages
...learn a lesson from this great statesman, this enlarged, this liberal philosopher: "I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in...punishment before trial, and even before accusation." This is the exhortation which Mr Hastings makes to his counsel ; this is the character which he gives... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 528 pages
...majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, mucli less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs...punishment before trial, and even before accusation." This is the exhortation which Mr Hastings makes to his counsel ; this is the character which he gives... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 660 pages
...pretence, " that the majesty of justice ought to be " approached with solicitation, and that it would " debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs, and " the promise of redress,") in a governour, whose business it is, even of himself, and unsolicited, not only to promise, but to... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much less to debase itseli' t>y the suggestion of wrongs, and the promise of redress,...punishment before trial, and even before accusation." This is the exhortation which Mr. Hastings makes to his Counsel. This is the character which he gives... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...lesson from this great statesman, this enlarged, this liberal philosopher : — " I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language, in...punishment before trial, and even before accusation." This is the exhortation which Mr. Hastings makes to his counsel. This is the character which he gives... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 640 pages
...pretence " that the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, and that it would debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs, and the promise of redress,'') in a governor, whose business it is, even of himself, and unsolicited, not only to promise, but to... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 534 pages
...depart from the simplicity of official language in saying that the majesty of justice ought to !»• approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke...punishment before trial, and even before accusation." This is the exhortation which Mr Hastings makes to his counsel ; this is the character which he gives... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 360 pages
...of Justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much loss to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs and the...punishment before trial, and even before accusation.' This is the exhortation which Mr. Hastings makes to his counsel. This is the character which he gives... | |
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