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... and in concert with those , of whose political conduct he had before generally
disapproved , it was for the purpose of discouraging the projects of innovation ,
which had been avowedly espoused by those who were then called the new
whigs ...
... and in concert with those , of whose political conduct he had before generally
disapproved , it was for the purpose of discouraging the projects of innovation ,
which had been avowedly espoused by those who were then called the new
whigs ...
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... the publick justice , I am not called upon to determine : but , whatever may be
the cause , it is now sixtythree years since any impeachment , grounded upon
abuse of authority and misdemeanour in office , has come before this tribunal .
... the publick justice , I am not called upon to determine : but , whatever may be
the cause , it is now sixtythree years since any impeachment , grounded upon
abuse of authority and misdemeanour in office , has come before this tribunal .
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In the first place , all the persons , who go abroad in the company's civil service ,
enter as clerks in the countinghouse , and are called by a name to correspond to
it , writers . In that condition they are obliged to serve five years . The second step
...
In the first place , all the persons , who go abroad in the company's civil service ,
enter as clerks in the countinghouse , and are called by a name to correspond to
it , writers . In that condition they are obliged to serve five years . The second step
...
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Though I will not deny , that that order , or that any order in a state , may be
superseded by the ruling power , when great talents , upon pressing exigencies ,
are to be called forth ; yet I must say , the order itself was formed upon wise
principles ...
Though I will not deny , that that order , or that any order in a state , may be
superseded by the ruling power , when great talents , upon pressing exigencies ,
are to be called forth ; yet I must say , the order itself was formed upon wise
principles ...
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They are a nation of placemen ; —they are a commonwealth without a people ; -
they are a state made up wholly of magistrates . There is nothing to be , in
propriety , called people , to watch , to inspect , to balance against the power of
office .
They are a nation of placemen ; —they are a commonwealth without a people ; -
they are a state made up wholly of magistrates . There is nothing to be , in
propriety , called people , to watch , to inspect , to balance against the power of
office .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wells and Lilly, 1827 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
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