The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 44
... those productions was continu- ally strengthened and enlarged . But the payment of a tribute , and not a beneficial commerce to that country , wore this specious and delusive appear- ance . 44 NINTH REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
... those productions was continu- ally strengthened and enlarged . But the payment of a tribute , and not a beneficial commerce to that country , wore this specious and delusive appear- ance . 44 NINTH REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
Page 47
... payments in England , were not free to abandon their system ; and all possible means of di- verting the manufactures ... pay for a part of the goods to private mer- chants in the Company's bonds , bearing interest . It was plain that ...
... payments in England , were not free to abandon their system ; and all possible means of di- verting the manufactures ... pay for a part of the goods to private mer- chants in the Company's bonds , bearing interest . It was plain that ...
Page 49
... payment whatsoever . In a commercial light , therefore , England becomes annually bankrupt to Bengal to the amount nearly of its whole dealing ; or rather , the country has suffered what is tanta- mount to an annual plunder of its ...
... payment whatsoever . In a commercial light , therefore , England becomes annually bankrupt to Bengal to the amount nearly of its whole dealing ; or rather , the country has suffered what is tanta- mount to an annual plunder of its ...
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... pay debts , and to contribute to the state . But it must have been always evident to con siderate persons , that this ... payment to the country powers , and in exciting disturbances among all the neighboring princes . Stimulating their ...
... pay debts , and to contribute to the state . But it must have been always evident to con siderate persons , that this ... payment to the country powers , and in exciting disturbances among all the neighboring princes . Stimulating their ...
Page 58
... payments becoming less and less regular , and the war carrying away all the sup- plies , at length Mr. Hastings , in December , 1780 , de- nounced sentence of approaching dissolution to this system , and tells the Directors that " he ...
... payments becoming less and less regular , and the war carrying away all the sup- plies , at length Mr. Hastings , in December , 1780 , de- nounced sentence of approaching dissolution to this system , and tells the Directors that " he ...
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