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... manner as to prevent either rivalship with , or subserviency to , their servants . It might therefore be proper for the House to consider , whether it is fit , that those who are , or have been within some given time , directors of the ...
... manner as to prevent either rivalship with , or subserviency to , their servants . It might therefore be proper for the House to consider , whether it is fit , that those who are , or have been within some given time , directors of the ...
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... manner , which your committee have so fully reported to this House . Proceedings in India not In all this time the true state of the several presidencies , and the real conduct of the British known to par- government towards the natives ...
... manner , which your committee have so fully reported to this House . Proceedings in India not In all this time the true state of the several presidencies , and the real conduct of the British known to par- government towards the natives ...
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... manner the inspection of the ministers of the crown , the great cementing regulation of the whole act of 1773 , has , along with all the others , entirely failed in its effects . Inspection of ministers has failed in effect . Your ...
... manner the inspection of the ministers of the crown , the great cementing regulation of the whole act of 1773 , has , along with all the others , entirely failed in its effects . Inspection of ministers has failed in effect . Your ...
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Edmund Burke. consider , in some detail , the manner in which India is con- nected with this kingdom : which is the second head of their plan . The two great links , by which this connexion is main- tained , are , first , the East ...
Edmund Burke. consider , in some detail , the manner in which India is con- nected with this kingdom : which is the second head of their plan . The two great links , by which this connexion is main- tained , are , first , the East ...
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... manner as to con- tribute little or nothing to their own protection . Your committee have given this short compa- Former state rative account of the effects of the maritime traf of trade ; fic of Bengal when in its natural state , and ...
... manner as to con- tribute little or nothing to their own protection . Your committee have given this short compa- Former state rative account of the effects of the maritime traf of trade ; fic of Bengal when in its natural state , and ...
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