The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 76
... directors of the great movement of empire , are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine . But to men truly initiated and rightly taught , these ruling and master principles , which , in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned , have ...
... directors of the great movement of empire , are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine . But to men truly initiated and rightly taught , these ruling and master principles , which , in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned , have ...
Page 278
... directors in a very singular letter to that board , in which he admits he has not been very delicate with regard to publick faith ; and he goes so far as to state a regular estimate of the sums which the company would have lost , or ...
... directors in a very singular letter to that board , in which he admits he has not been very delicate with regard to publick faith ; and he goes so far as to state a regular estimate of the sums which the company would have lost , or ...
Page 292
... directors take credit as such a certainty in their curious account . This is Mr. Hastings's own narrative of the effects of his own settlement . This is the state of the country which we have been told is in perfect peace and order ...
... directors take credit as such a certainty in their curious account . This is Mr. Hastings's own narrative of the effects of his own settlement . This is the state of the country which we have been told is in perfect peace and order ...
Page 296
... director's account ; but I take it for granted this omission will be supplied in their next edition . The company stretched this resource to the full extent , when they accused two old women , in the remotest corner of India ( who could ...
... director's account ; but I take it for granted this omission will be supplied in their next edition . The company stretched this resource to the full extent , when they accused two old women , in the remotest corner of India ( who could ...
Page 299
... directors to an extraordinary publication against them by their servant , Mr. Hastings . But I mean to pass by these exactions , as if they were perfectly just and regular ; and , having admitted them , I take what I shall now trouble ...
... directors to an extraordinary publication against them by their servant , Mr. Hastings . But I mean to pass by these exactions , as if they were perfectly just and regular ; and , having admitted them , I take what I shall now trouble ...
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