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Page 28
From this time , the East - India Company was no longer merely a mercantile
company , formed for the extension of the British commerce ; it more nearly
resembled a delegation of the whole power and sovereignty of this kingdom ,
sent into the ...
From this time , the East - India Company was no longer merely a mercantile
company , formed for the extension of the British commerce ; it more nearly
resembled a delegation of the whole power and sovereignty of this kingdom ,
sent into the ...
Page 32
... country , which sent them out , and from that of the country in which they act .
No controul upon them exists ; none , I mean , in persons , who understand their
language , who understand their manners , or can apply their conduct to the laws
.
... country , which sent them out , and from that of the country in which they act .
No controul upon them exists ; none , I mean , in persons , who understand their
language , who understand their manners , or can apply their conduct to the laws
.
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The servants have almost uni . versally been sent out to begin their progress and
career in active occupation , and in the exercise of high authority , at that period
of life , which , in all other places , bas been employed in the course of a rigid ...
The servants have almost uni . versally been sent out to begin their progress and
career in active occupation , and in the exercise of high authority , at that period
of life , which , in all other places , bas been employed in the course of a rigid ...
Page 35
But these men are sent over to exercise functions , at which a statesman here
would tremble , without any theoretical study , and without any of that sort of
experience , which , in mixed societies of business and converse , form men
gradually ...
But these men are sent over to exercise functions , at which a statesman here
would tremble , without any theoretical study , and without any of that sort of
experience , which , in mixed societies of business and converse , form men
gradually ...
Page 40
We know how young men are sent out of this country : ' we know how happy we
are to hear soon , that they are no longer a burthen to their friends and parents .
The banyan knows it too . He supplies the young servant with money . He has
him ...
We know how young men are sent out of this country : ' we know how happy we
are to hear soon , that they are no longer a burthen to their friends and parents .
The banyan knows it too . He supplies the young servant with money . He has
him ...
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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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