The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... tion of justice , and the state of the army . The ex- ternal regards , first , the conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British au- thority , and , next , the ...
... tion of justice , and the state of the army . The ex- ternal regards , first , the conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British au- thority , and , next , the ...
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... tion of the other officers . So that , if the act has not fully answered its purposes , the failure cannot be at- tributed to any want of officers of every description , or to the deficiency of any mode of patronage in their appointment ...
... tion of the other officers . So that , if the act has not fully answered its purposes , the failure cannot be at- tributed to any want of officers of every description , or to the deficiency of any mode of patronage in their appointment ...
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... tion for four . The votes were thus regulated in the scale and gradation of property . On this scale , and on some provisions to prevent occasional qualifications and splitting of votes , the whole reformation rested . Several essential ...
... tion for four . The votes were thus regulated in the scale and gradation of property . On this scale , and on some provisions to prevent occasional qualifications and splitting of votes , the whole reformation rested . Several essential ...
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... tion proved no sort of remedy . The return of the Company's servants into Europe poured in a constant supply of proprietors , whose ability to purchase the highest qualifications for themselves , their agents , and dependants could not ...
... tion proved no sort of remedy . The return of the Company's servants into Europe poured in a constant supply of proprietors , whose ability to purchase the highest qualifications for themselves , their agents , and dependants could not ...
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... tion and conduct of this court before them , and they have not yet been able to discover very few instances ( not one that appears to them of leading importance ) of relief given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of ...
... tion and conduct of this court before them , and they have not yet been able to discover very few instances ( not one that appears to them of leading importance ) of relief given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of ...
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