The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 38
... court of directors , which law parliament had bound upon him as his rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he left his government and among his last acts , to pass a general act of pardon and ...
... court of directors , which law parliament had bound upon him as his rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he left his government and among his last acts , to pass a general act of pardon and ...
Page 44
... court of record as the India company's executive service is , or ought to be , in all its proceedings . In the first ... court of directors , he says , " It ought to be remembered , that the basis , upon which you rose to power , and 44 ...
... court of record as the India company's executive service is , or ought to be , in all its proceedings . In the first ... court of directors , he says , " It ought to be remembered , that the basis , upon which you rose to power , and 44 ...
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... directors but the shell and husk of a dry , for- mal , official correspondence , which neither means any thing , nor ... court , in which he has laid the axe at once to the root ; which was , by delegating out of his own hands a great de ...
... directors but the shell and husk of a dry , for- mal , official correspondence , which neither means any thing , nor ... court , in which he has laid the axe at once to the root ; which was , by delegating out of his own hands a great de ...
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... court of directors , in various writings and declarations , he refuses to be tried by his own recorded declarations ; he refuses to be bound by his own opinions , delivered under his own hand . He knows , that he and the record cannot ...
... court of directors , in various writings and declarations , he refuses to be tried by his own recorded declarations ; he refuses to be bound by his own opinions , delivered under his own hand . He knows , that he and the record cannot ...
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... court of directors supporting the scandalous breach of their own orders . I shall state the particulars of this second revolution more at large . Soon after the revolution , which had seated Meer Jaffier on the vice - royal throne , the ...
... court of directors supporting the scandalous breach of their own orders . I shall state the particulars of this second revolution more at large . Soon after the revolution , which had seated Meer Jaffier on the vice - royal throne , the ...
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