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OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE COMPANY'S AFFAIRS IN INDIA
CONNECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH INDIA EFFECT OF THE REVENUE
INVESTMENT ON THE COM 3 . 4 ) PANY 56 75 83 . 88 99 INTERNAL TRADE
OF ...
OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE COMPANY'S AFFAIRS IN INDIA
CONNECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH INDIA EFFECT OF THE REVENUE
INVESTMENT ON THE COM 3 . 4 ) PANY 56 75 83 . 88 99 INTERNAL TRADE
OF ...
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... and , in effect , under another description , to become the masters in that body
which ought to govern them . Nor was anything provided to secure the
independency of the proprietary body from the various exterior interests by which
it might ...
... and , in effect , under another description , to become the masters in that body
which ought to govern them . Nor was anything provided to secure the
independency of the proprietary body from the various exterior interests by which
it might ...
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If the ill effects of every misdemeanor in the Company's servants were to be
immediate , and had a tendency to lower the value of the stock , something might
justly be expected from the pecuniary security taken by the act . But from the then
...
If the ill effects of every misdemeanor in the Company's servants were to be
immediate , and had a tendency to lower the value of the stock , something might
justly be expected from the pecuniary security taken by the act . But from the then
...
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The custom of ballot , infinitely the most mischievous in a body possessed of all
the ordinary executive powers , was still left ; and your Committee have found the
ill effects of this practice in the course of their inquiries . Nothing was done to ...
The custom of ballot , infinitely the most mischievous in a body possessed of all
the ordinary executive powers , was still left ; and your Committee have found the
ill effects of this practice in the course of their inquiries . Nothing was done to ...
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tors , there is reason to apprehend that on the whole it was somewhat degraded
by the act whose professed purpose was to exalt it , and that the only effect of the
Parliamentary sanction to their orders has been , that along with those orders ...
tors , there is reason to apprehend that on the whole it was somewhat degraded
by the act whose professed purpose was to exalt it , and that the only effect of the
Parliamentary sanction to their orders has been , that along with those orders ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown,, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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