The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... councils of the na- tion , and to a landed property , among the first in value and amplitude ; the future head of a family , whose alliances and connexions spread its influence through a wide range of so- cial and political intercourse ...
... councils of the na- tion , and to a landed property , among the first in value and amplitude ; the future head of a family , whose alliances and connexions spread its influence through a wide range of so- cial and political intercourse ...
Page ix
... council , or have held corres- pondence with him upon political subjects . His official ser- vices , indeed , during the late long reign , will not appear frequent in the historick page , nor his name prominently con- spicuous in the ...
... council , or have held corres- pondence with him upon political subjects . His official ser- vices , indeed , during the late long reign , will not appear frequent in the historick page , nor his name prominently con- spicuous in the ...
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... council , to the succession of the presi- dency , and to whatever other honours the company has to bestow . The company had , in its early times , established factories in certain places ; which factories , by degrees , grew to the name ...
... council , to the succession of the presi- dency , and to whatever other honours the company has to bestow . The company had , in its early times , established factories in certain places ; which factories , by degrees , grew to the name ...
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... council ; but this order ought to be observed , as I conceive , and I see considerable traces of it in practice , in every provincial council , whilst the provincial councils ex- isted , and even down to the minutest ramification of ...
... council ; but this order ought to be observed , as I conceive , and I see considerable traces of it in practice , in every provincial council , whilst the provincial councils ex- isted , and even down to the minutest ramification of ...
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... council at Calcutta was divided into two departments ; one , the council in general , the other , a select committee , which they had arranged for the better carrying on their p litical affairs . But the select committee had no power of ...
... council at Calcutta was divided into two departments ; one , the council in general , the other , a select committee , which they had arranged for the better carrying on their p litical affairs . But the select committee had no power of ...
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