The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... tion . Your committee observe , that this is the second attempt made by parliament for the reformation of abuses in the Company's government . It ap- pears therefore to them a necessary preliminary to this second undertaking , to ...
... tion . Your committee observe , that this is the second attempt made by parliament for the reformation of abuses in the Company's government . It ap- pears therefore to them a necessary preliminary to this second undertaking , to ...
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... tion , the imbecility of which no laws or regulations could wholly alter ; and when the directors were afterwards re- stored in some degree to their ancient power , on the expir- ation of the lease given to their principal servants , it ...
... tion , the imbecility of which no laws or regulations could wholly alter ; and when the directors were afterwards re- stored in some degree to their ancient power , on the expir- ation of the lease given to their principal servants , it ...
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... tion . The India House possesses an office of record capable of furnishing , in almost all cases , materials for judging on the behaviour of the servants in their progress from the lowest to the highest stations ; and the whole ...
... tion . The India House possesses an office of record capable of furnishing , in almost all cases , materials for judging on the behaviour of the servants in their progress from the lowest to the highest stations ; and the whole ...
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... tion . Investments , A certain portion of the revenues of Bengal has been , for many years , set apart to be em- ployed in the purchase of goods for exportation to England , and this is called the Investment . The greatness of this In ...
... tion . Investments , A certain portion of the revenues of Bengal has been , for many years , set apart to be em- ployed in the purchase of goods for exportation to England , and this is called the Investment . The greatness of this In ...
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... tion for the discharge of his debts , ) to £ 160,000 : but when he arrived at his majority , and when the debts were paid , the sequestration still continued . And , so far as the late ad- How reduced . vices may be understood , the ...
... tion for the discharge of his debts , ) to £ 160,000 : but when he arrived at his majority , and when the debts were paid , the sequestration still continued . And , so far as the late ad- How reduced . vices may be understood , the ...
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