The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Rivington, 1815 - 444 pages |
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Page 15
... demand for a plan might seem to re- quire ) that there are abuses in the company's * government . " If that were all , the scheme of the mover of this bill , the scheme of his learned friend , and his own scheme of reformation ( if he ...
... demand for a plan might seem to re- quire ) that there are abuses in the company's * government . " If that were all , the scheme of the mover of this bill , the scheme of his learned friend , and his own scheme of reformation ( if he ...
Page 42
... demand ; they cherish and protect your relations which lie heavy on your pa tronage ; and there is scarcely an house in the kingdom that does not feel some concern and in- terest that makes all reform of our eastern govern- ment appear ...
... demand ; they cherish and protect your relations which lie heavy on your pa tronage ; and there is scarcely an house in the kingdom that does not feel some concern and in- terest that makes all reform of our eastern govern- ment appear ...
Page 46
... demands , the tone in which they were " asserted , and the season in which they were " made , are all equally alarming , and appear to " him to require an adequate degree of firmness " in this board , in opposition to them . " He pro ...
... demands , the tone in which they were " asserted , and the season in which they were " made , are all equally alarming , and appear to " him to require an adequate degree of firmness " in this board , in opposition to them . " He pro ...
Page 47
... demand , ( as he calls the na- bob's abject supplication ) he attributes it , as he usually does all things of the kind , to the division in their government ; and says , " this is a power- " ful motive with me ( however inclined I ...
... demand , ( as he calls the na- bob's abject supplication ) he attributes it , as he usually does all things of the kind , to the division in their government ; and says , " this is a power- " ful motive with me ( however inclined I ...
Page 53
... demand of cavalry , without a shadow or de- cent pretext of right , amounted to three hundred thousand a year more , at the lowest computation ; and it is stated , by the last person sent to negotiate , as a demand of little use , if it ...
... demand of cavalry , without a shadow or de- cent pretext of right , amounted to three hundred thousand a year more , at the lowest computation ; and it is stated , by the last person sent to negotiate , as a demand of little use , if it ...
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