The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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Page 108
... bribery to a system of government practically , but theoretically . For when he despaired any longer of concealing his bribes from the penetrating eye of Parliament , then he took another mode , and declared , as your Lordships will see ...
... bribery to a system of government practically , but theoretically . For when he despaired any longer of concealing his bribes from the penetrating eye of Parliament , then he took another mode , and declared , as your Lordships will see ...
Page 325
... bribery and a little piece of peculation , in order to help out the resources of a great and flour- ishing state ; that they should have in the knavery of their servants , in the breach of their laws , and in the entire defiance of ...
... bribery and a little piece of peculation , in order to help out the resources of a great and flour- ishing state ; that they should have in the knavery of their servants , in the breach of their laws , and in the entire defiance of ...
Page 439
... bribery that paper might contain . For why did not Mr. Larkins get the whole of that paper read and translated ? The ... bribery was the best way of supplying the Company's treasury , and that it formed the most useful and effectual ...
... bribery that paper might contain . For why did not Mr. Larkins get the whole of that paper read and translated ? The ... bribery was the best way of supplying the Company's treasury , and that it formed the most useful and effectual ...
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