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... in all the articles of produce and manufacture which furnish the Company's
investment . The government is considered by your Committee under the like
descriptions of internal and external . The internal regards the communication
between ...
... in all the articles of produce and manufacture which furnish the Company's
investment . The government is considered by your Committee under the like
descriptions of internal and external . The internal regards the communication
between ...
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... only for purposes very different from those of its institution . The fourth object of
the act of 1773 was the Council - General . This institution was intended to
produce uniformity , consistency , and the effective cooperation of all the
settlements in ...
... only for purposes very different from those of its institution . The fourth object of
the act of 1773 was the Council - General . This institution was intended to
produce uniformity , consistency , and the effective cooperation of all the
settlements in ...
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But one evil may possibly have arisen from an attempt to produce an union ,
which , though undoubtedly to be aimed at , is opposed in some degree by the
unalterable nature of their situation , – that it has taught the servants rather to look
to a ...
But one evil may possibly have arisen from an attempt to produce an union ,
which , though undoubtedly to be aimed at , is opposed in some degree by the
unalterable nature of their situation , – that it has taught the servants rather to look
to a ...
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... those who put forward other candidates would be obliged to produce a strong
plea of merit and ability , which , in the judgment of mankind , ought to overpower
pretensions so authentically established , and so rigorously guarded from abuse
...
... those who put forward other candidates would be obliged to produce a strong
plea of merit and ability , which , in the judgment of mankind , ought to overpower
pretensions so authentically established , and so rigorously guarded from abuse
...
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comparison of facts and reasonings , to form a true judgment on that difficult and
complicated system of politics , revenue , and commerce , whilst affairs were only
in their progress to that state which produced the present inquiries . Therefore ...
comparison of facts and reasonings , to form a true judgment on that difficult and
complicated system of politics , revenue , and commerce , whilst affairs were only
in their progress to that state which produced the present inquiries . Therefore ...
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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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