The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... given for the purpose of asserting and enforcing the legal authority of their own body over their own ser vants . - The failure in this part of the reform of 1773 is not stated by your Committee as recommending a return to the ancient ...
... given for the purpose of asserting and enforcing the legal authority of their own body over their own ser vants . - The failure in this part of the reform of 1773 is not stated by your Committee as recommending a return to the ancient ...
Page 13
... given to them , was that they were to yield obedience to the orders of the Court of Directors . As to the Court of Directors itself , it was left with very little regulation . The custom of ballot , infinitely the most mischievous in a ...
... given to them , was that they were to yield obedience to the orders of the Court of Directors . As to the Court of Directors itself , it was left with very little regulation . The custom of ballot , infinitely the most mischievous in a ...
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... given to their principal servants , it became impossible for them to recover any degree of their ancient re- spect , even if they had not in the mean time been so modelled as to be entirely free from all ambition of that sort . ― From ...
... given to their principal servants , it became impossible for them to recover any degree of their ancient re- spect , even if they had not in the mean time been so modelled as to be entirely free from all ambition of that sort . ― From ...
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... given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British subjects in power , - though they do find one very strong and marked instance of the judges having employed an unwarrantable ex tension or application of the ...
... given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British subjects in power , - though they do find one very strong and marked instance of the judges having employed an unwarrantable ex tension or application of the ...
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... given by the act to the new Governor - General and Council had for their Council . direct object the kingdom of Bengal and its dependencies . Within that sphere ( and it is not a small one ) their authority extended over all the Com ...
... given by the act to the new Governor - General and Council had for their Council . direct object the kingdom of Bengal and its dependencies . Within that sphere ( and it is not a small one ) their authority extended over all the Com ...
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