The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 14
... suffered either to nominate or to remove those whom they were empowered to instruct ; from masters they were reduced to the situation of com- plainants , a situation the imbecility of which no laws or regulations could wholly alter ...
... suffered either to nominate or to remove those whom they were empowered to instruct ; from masters they were reduced to the situation of com- plainants , a situation the imbecility of which no laws or regulations could wholly alter ...
Page 49
... suffered what is tanta- mount to an annual plunder of its manufactures and its produce to the value of twelve hundred thousand . pounds . quences of In time of peace , three foreign companies Foreign appear at first sight to bring their ...
... suffered what is tanta- mount to an annual plunder of its manufactures and its produce to the value of twelve hundred thousand . pounds . quences of In time of peace , three foreign companies Foreign appear at first sight to bring their ...
Page 66
... 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 with them the practices from which they accrue . All ...
... 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 with them the practices from which they accrue . All ...
Page 73
... 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 revenue or ...
... 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 revenue or ...
Page 79
... suffered by the native inhabitants , which were represented in the strongest , that is , their true colors , in England . Whilst the far greater part of the British in India were in eager pursuit of the forced and exorbitant gains of a ...
... suffered by the native inhabitants , which were represented in the strongest , that is , their true colors , in England . Whilst the far greater part of the British in India were in eager pursuit of the forced and exorbitant gains of a ...
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