The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... considered by your Committee under the like descriptions of internal and external . The internal regards the communication between the Court of Directors and their servants in India , the management of the revenue , the expenditure of ...
... considered by your Committee under the like descriptions of internal and external . The internal regards the communication between the Court of Directors and their servants in India , the management of the revenue , the expenditure of ...
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... considered that a certain share in the stock gives a share in the government of so vast an empire , with such a boundless patronage , civil , military , marine , commercial , and financial , in every department of which such fortunes ...
... considered that a certain share in the stock gives a share in the government of so vast an empire , with such a boundless patronage , civil , military , marine , commercial , and financial , in every department of which such fortunes ...
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... considered method of checking rapacity and op- pression . In proportion as these interests prevailed , the means of cabal , of concealment , and of corrupt confederacy became far more easy than before . Ac- cordingly , there was no ...
... considered method of checking rapacity and op- pression . In proportion as these interests prevailed , the means of cabal , of concealment , and of corrupt confederacy became far more easy than before . Ac- cordingly , there was no ...
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... considered the details of commerce as not perfectly consistent with the enlarged sphere of duty and the reduced number of the Council . Therefore , to relieve them from this burden , they instituted a new office , called the Board of ...
... considered the details of commerce as not perfectly consistent with the enlarged sphere of duty and the reduced number of the Council . Therefore , to relieve them from this burden , they instituted a new office , called the Board of ...
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... considered that two committees of this House were at that very time sitting upon an inquiry that related directly to their conduct , and that of their servants in India . It was in the same spirit of defiance of Parliament , that at the ...
... considered that two committees of this House were at that very time sitting upon an inquiry that related directly to their conduct , and that of their servants in India . It was in the same spirit of defiance of Parliament , that at the ...
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