The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1860 |
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... reason to apprehend , that on the whole it was somewhat degraded by the act , whose professed purpose was to exalt it ; and that the only effect of the parliamentary sanction to their orders has been , that along with those orders the ...
... reason to apprehend , that on the whole it was somewhat degraded by the act , whose professed purpose was to exalt it ; and that the only effect of the parliamentary sanction to their orders has been , that along with those orders the ...
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... reason , that the British subjects were liable to fall into factions and combinations , in order to support them- selves in the abuses of an authority , of which every man might , in his turn , become a sharer . And with regard to the ...
... reason , that the British subjects were liable to fall into factions and combinations , in order to support them- selves in the abuses of an authority , of which every man might , in his turn , become a sharer . And with regard to the ...
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... reasons of the court of directors for their choice , together with a faithful copy of whatever shall be found ( if anything can be found ) relative to his character and conduct ; as also an account of his standing in the Company's ...
... reasons of the court of directors for their choice , together with a faithful copy of whatever shall be found ( if anything can be found ) relative to his character and conduct ; as also an account of his standing in the Company's ...
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... reasons ) of the lines of service , cannot operate as useful examples on those , who serve the public in India . These servants , beholding men , who have been condemned for improper behaviour to the Company in inferior civil stations ...
... reasons ) of the lines of service , cannot operate as useful examples on those , who serve the public in India . These servants , beholding men , who have been condemned for improper behaviour to the Company in inferior civil stations ...
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... reasons may have existed against rendering the tenure of the coun- sellors in their office precarious . A plan of reform might have required the permanence of the persons , who were just appointed by parliament to execute it ; but the ...
... reasons may have existed against rendering the tenure of the coun- sellors in their office precarious . A plan of reform might have required the permanence of the persons , who were just appointed by parliament to execute it ; but the ...
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