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Page 4
This mismanagement has itself , as your Committee conceive , in a great
measure arisen from dark cabals , and secret suggestions to persons in power ,
without a regular public inquiry into the good or evil tendency of any measure , or
into the ...
This mismanagement has itself , as your Committee conceive , in a great
measure arisen from dark cabals , and secret suggestions to persons in power ,
without a regular public inquiry into the good or evil tendency of any measure , or
into the ...
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The first exception leaves it open to the subordinate to judge of the necessity of
measures which , when taken , bind or involve the superior : the second refers a
question of peace or war to two jurisdictions , which may give different judgments
.
The first exception leaves it open to the subordinate to judge of the necessity of
measures which , when taken , bind or involve the superior : the second refers a
question of peace or war to two jurisdictions , which may give different judgments
.
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... that is , by resigning to avoid removal ; by which measure this provision of the
act has proved as unoperative as all the rest . By this management a mere
majority may bring in the greater delinquent , whilst the person reRemoval of
servants .
... that is , by resigning to avoid removal ; by which measure this provision of the
act has proved as unoperative as all the rest . By this management a mere
majority may bring in the greater delinquent , whilst the person reRemoval of
servants .
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In such a case , indeed in any case , it seemed not to be a measure the most
provident , without a great deal of previous inquiry , to place two persons , who
from their situation must be the most exposed to such imputations , in the
commission ...
In such a case , indeed in any case , it seemed not to be a measure the most
provident , without a great deal of previous inquiry , to place two persons , who
from their situation must be the most exposed to such imputations , in the
commission ...
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This measure was , however , far less exceptionable than the former ; because
an irregular choice of a less competent person , and the preference given to
proved delinquency in prejudice to uncensured service , are very different things .
This measure was , however , far less exceptionable than the former ; because
an irregular choice of a less competent person , and the preference given to
proved delinquency in prejudice to uncensured service , are very different things .
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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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