The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8 |
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Page 14
The Directors were not suffered either to nominate or to remove those whom they
were empowered to instruct ; from masters they were reduced to the situation of
complainants , - a situation the imbecility of which no laws or regulations could ...
The Directors were not suffered either to nominate or to remove those whom they
were empowered to instruct ; from masters they were reduced to the situation of
complainants , - a situation the imbecility of which no laws or regulations could ...
Page 49
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 tantamount to an annual plunder of its manufactures and its produce to
the ...
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 tantamount to an annual plunder of its manufactures and its produce to
the ...
Page 66
On the other hand , if the nominal commerce of the Company is suffered to be
carried on for the account of the servants abroad , by investing the emoluments
made in their stations , these emoluments are therefore inclusively authorized ,
and ...
On the other hand , if the nominal commerce of the Company is suffered to be
carried on for the account of the servants abroad , by investing the emoluments
made in their stations , these emoluments are therefore inclusively authorized ,
and ...
Page 73
The Company might suffer above , the natives might suffer below ; the
intermediate party must profit to the prejudice of both . Your Committee are of
opinion that the Company is now arrived at that point , when , the investment from
surplus ...
The Company might suffer above , the natives might suffer below ; the
intermediate party must profit to the prejudice of both . Your Committee are of
opinion that the Company is now arrived at that point , when , the investment from
surplus ...
Page 76
The modes of abuse , and the means by which commerce has suffered , will be
considered in greater detail under the distinct heads of those objects which have
chiefly suffered by them . During the time of the Mogul government , the princes of
...
The modes of abuse , and the means by which commerce has suffered , will be
considered in greater detail under the distinct heads of those objects which have
chiefly suffered by them . During the time of the Mogul government , the princes of
...
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