The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 24
... depend npon an examination of these records inseparably at- tending every application for an appointment to the highest stations . But in the present state of the nomination the ministers of the crown are not fur- nished with the proper ...
... depend npon an examination of these records inseparably at- tending every application for an appointment to the highest stations . But in the present state of the nomination the ministers of the crown are not fur- nished with the proper ...
Page 53
... depend for its resources on its maritime commerce . The inland trade , from whence it derived a very great supply of silver and gold and many kinds of merchantable goods , was very considerable . The higher provinces of the Mogul Empire ...
... depend for its resources on its maritime commerce . The inland trade , from whence it derived a very great supply of silver and gold and many kinds of merchantable goods , was very considerable . The higher provinces of the Mogul Empire ...
Page 93
... depend upon your prudence , " say they , " to discourage foreigners ; and being intent , as you have been repeatedly acquainted , on bringing home as great a part of the revenues as possible in your manufactures , the outbidding them in ...
... depend upon your prudence , " say they , " to discourage foreigners ; and being intent , as you have been repeatedly acquainted , on bringing home as great a part of the revenues as possible in your manufactures , the outbidding them in ...
Page 167
... depend- ants of those who are under prosecution . On their part , these servants will decline giving satisfaction to their masters , because they are already before anoth- er tribunal ; and thus , by shifting responsibility from hand to ...
... depend- ants of those who are under prosecution . On their part , these servants will decline giving satisfaction to their masters , because they are already before anoth- er tribunal ; and thus , by shifting responsibility from hand to ...
Page 202
... depend upon his exact and lit- eral obedience and fidelity in the execution of the func- tions annexed to it . " Such is the character of the man whom Mr. Hastings a second time removed from the office to which he told the Court of ...
... depend upon his exact and lit- eral obedience and fidelity in the execution of the func- tions annexed to it . " Such is the character of the man whom Mr. Hastings a second time removed from the office to which he told the Court of ...
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