The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... character , and the studious perusal of his writings , have , in a great degree , supplied that loss . Had he lived to know how firmly and zealously you are attached to the principles which he had invariably maintained , and how ...
... character , and the studious perusal of his writings , have , in a great degree , supplied that loss . Had he lived to know how firmly and zealously you are attached to the principles which he had invariably maintained , and how ...
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... character of your future government in that distant empire is to be unalterably decided . It will take its perpetual tenour , it will receive its final impression , from the stamp of this very hour . It is not only the interest of India ...
... character of your future government in that distant empire is to be unalterably decided . It will take its perpetual tenour , it will receive its final impression , from the stamp of this very hour . It is not only the interest of India ...
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... character . The whole exteriour order of its political service is carried on upon a mercantile plan and mercantile principles . In fact , the East - India Company in Asia is a state in the dis- guise of a merchant . Its whole service is ...
... character . The whole exteriour order of its political service is carried on upon a mercantile plan and mercantile principles . In fact , the East - India Company in Asia is a state in the dis- guise of a merchant . Its whole service is ...
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... character in proportion to their standing ; in order that all , which they had gained by the good behaviour of years , should not be lost by the misconduct of an hour . It was a great substan- tial regulation . But scarce a trace of the ...
... character in proportion to their standing ; in order that all , which they had gained by the good behaviour of years , should not be lost by the misconduct of an hour . It was a great substan- tial regulation . But scarce a trace of the ...
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... character , that it is im- possible , almost absolutely impossible , for the subordinate parts of it , which , though subordinate , are stations of power , to exist , as Englishmen , who look at a fortune to be enjoyed at home as their ...
... character , that it is im- possible , almost absolutely impossible , for the subordinate parts of it , which , though subordinate , are stations of power , to exist , as Englishmen , who look at a fortune to be enjoyed at home as their ...
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