The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... affairs practicably , to make our opinion of what might be most advantageous to the business conform to the time that is left to perform it in . We must , as all men must , submit affairs to time , and not think of making time conform ...
... affairs practicably , to make our opinion of what might be most advantageous to the business conform to the time that is left to perform it in . We must , as all men must , submit affairs to time , and not think of making time conform ...
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... affairs , knows not whether he is rich or poor , knows not what he has in the world . Nay , people are brought forward to say that they know better than he does what his affairs are . He is not like a careful man bred in a counting ...
... affairs , knows not whether he is rich or poor , knows not what he has in the world . Nay , people are brought forward to say that they know better than he does what his affairs are . He is not like a careful man bred in a counting ...
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... affairs of an empire , are responsible for the acts and conduct of other men , so far as they had anything to do with appointing them , or holding them in their places , or having any sort of inspection into their conduct . But when a ...
... affairs of an empire , are responsible for the acts and conduct of other men , so far as they had anything to do with appointing them , or holding them in their places , or having any sort of inspection into their conduct . But when a ...
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... affair , that , when you inquire who the farmer is , — Was such a one farmer ? No. Can- too Baboo ? No. Another ? No , at last you find three deep of fictitious farmers , and you find the Eu- ropean gentlemen , high in place and ...
... affair , that , when you inquire who the farmer is , — Was such a one farmer ? No. Can- too Baboo ? No. Another ? No , at last you find three deep of fictitious farmers , and you find the Eu- ropean gentlemen , high in place and ...
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... affairs from which Mr. Hastings is supposed to have received corrupt emolument . He and his son were the chief managers in those transactions . He was therefore perfectly competent to it . Mr. Hastings has cleared his character ; for ...
... affairs from which Mr. Hastings is supposed to have received corrupt emolument . He and his son were the chief managers in those transactions . He was therefore perfectly competent to it . Mr. Hastings has cleared his character ; for ...
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