The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 31
... allowance , it will be 146,000l . a year for hospitality to two English gentlemen . I believe that there is not a prince in Europe who goes to such expensive hospitality of splendor . But that you may judge of the true nature of this ...
... allowance , it will be 146,000l . a year for hospitality to two English gentlemen . I believe that there is not a prince in Europe who goes to such expensive hospitality of splendor . But that you may judge of the true nature of this ...
Page 64
... allowance . And accordingly , to prevent the relations of his adopted mother , to prevent those who might be supposed to have an immediate interest in the family , from abus- ing the trust of his education and the trust of the ...
... allowance . And accordingly , to prevent the relations of his adopted mother , to prevent those who might be supposed to have an immediate interest in the family , from abus- ing the trust of his education and the trust of the ...
Page 65
... allowance . They state ( though there was a great number of dependants to maintain ) that six hundred would be enough to maintain him . There appears in the account of these proceedings to be such a flut- ter about the care of the Rajah ...
... allowance . They state ( though there was a great number of dependants to maintain ) that six hundred would be enough to maintain him . There appears in the account of these proceedings to be such a flut- ter about the care of the Rajah ...
Page 161
... allowances , by which he corrupted actively the whole service of the Company . And , lastly , we shall show , that , by establishing a universal connivance from one end of the service to the other , he has not only cor- rupted and ...
... allowances , by which he corrupted actively the whole service of the Company . And , lastly , we shall show , that , by establishing a universal connivance from one end of the service to the other , he has not only cor- rupted and ...
Page 173
... supporting the Governor - General , - that Lord Clive , in the year 1765 , and the Council with him , of which Mr. Sumner , I am glad and proud to - say , was one , did fix such an allowance SPEECH ON THE SIXTH ARTICLE . FIRST DAY . 173.
... supporting the Governor - General , - that Lord Clive , in the year 1765 , and the Council with him , of which Mr. Sumner , I am glad and proud to - say , was one , did fix such an allowance SPEECH ON THE SIXTH ARTICLE . FIRST DAY . 173.
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