The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 28
... sent into the East . From that time the company ought to be consider- ed as a subordinate sovereign power ; that is , sovereign with regard to the objects , which it touched ; subordinate with regard to the power , from whence its great ...
... sent into the East . From that time the company ought to be consider- ed as a subordinate sovereign power ; that is , sovereign with regard to the objects , which it touched ; subordinate with regard to the power , from whence its great ...
Page 32
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 34
... 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 , has been em- ployed in the course of a rigid education . To put the mat ...
... 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 , has been em- ployed in the course of a rigid education . To put the mat ...
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... sent over to exercise functions , at which a statesman here would tremble , without any theoretical stu- dy , and without any of that sort of experience , which , in mixed societies of business and converse , form men gradually and ...
... sent over to exercise functions , at which a statesman here would tremble , without any theoretical stu- dy , and without any of that sort of experience , which , in mixed societies of business and converse , form men gradually and ...
Page 40
... sent out of this country : we know how hap- py 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 under his power ...
... sent out of this country : we know how hap- py 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 under his power ...
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