The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1860 |
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... thousand pounds capital stock , was permitted to vote in the ge- neral court : before the act , five hundred pounds was a suffi- cient qualification for one vote ; and no value gave more . But as the lower classes were disabled , the ...
... thousand pounds capital stock , was permitted to vote in the ge- neral court : before the act , five hundred pounds was a suffi- cient qualification for one vote ; and no value gave more . But as the lower classes were disabled , the ...
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... thousand were entitled to three ; ten thousand pounds was made the qualification for four . The votes were thus regulated in the scale and gradation of property . On this scale , and on some pro- visions to prevent occasional ...
... thousand were entitled to three ; ten thousand pounds was made the qualification for four . The votes were thus regulated in the scale and gradation of property . On this scale , and on some pro- visions to prevent occasional ...
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... thousand seven hundred and eighty gave a duration , co - exist- ent with the statute itself , to a council not appointed by act of parliament , nor chosen for any temporary or special pur- pose : by which means the servants in the ...
... thousand seven hundred and eighty gave a duration , co - exist- ent with the statute itself , to a council not appointed by act of parliament , nor chosen for any temporary or special pur- pose : by which means the servants in the ...
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... thousand seven hundred and eighty , not properly dis- tinguishing judicial process from executive arrangements , requires in effect nearly the same degree of solemnity , delay , and detail for removing a political inconvenience , which ...
... thousand seven hundred and eighty , not properly dis- tinguishing judicial process from executive arrangements , requires in effect nearly the same degree of solemnity , delay , and detail for removing a political inconvenience , which ...
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... the supreme council . vacancies . Mr. Stuart's first appointment in the Company's service was in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty - one . He returned to England in 1775 , and was permitted to ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA . 21.
... the supreme council . vacancies . Mr. Stuart's first appointment in the Company's service was in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty - one . He returned to England in 1775 , and was permitted to ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA . 21.
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