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demeanours , but an equally connected system of maxims and principles ,
invented to justify them . Upon both of these you must judge . According to the
judgment , that you shall give upon the past transactions in India , inseparably
connected ...
demeanours , but an equally connected system of maxims and principles ,
invented to justify them . Upon both of these you must judge . According to the
judgment , that you shall give upon the past transactions in India , inseparably
connected ...
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... every allusion immediately meets its point of reference ; nothing can be started
, that does not immediately awaken to your attention something in your own laws
and usages , which you meet with every day in the ordinary transactions of life .
... every allusion immediately meets its point of reference ; nothing can be started
, that does not immediately awaken to your attention something in your own laws
and usages , which you meet with every day in the ordinary transactions of life .
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In the first place , they oblige their servants to keep a journal or diary of all their
transactions , publick and private : they are bound to do this by an express
covenant . They oblige them , as a corrective upon that diary , to keep a
letterbook , in ...
In the first place , they oblige their servants to keep a journal or diary of all their
transactions , publick and private : they are bound to do this by an express
covenant . They oblige them , as a corrective upon that diary , to keep a
letterbook , in ...
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92 basis , upon which you rose to power , and have been able to stand the shock
of repeated convulsions , has been the accuracy and simplicity of mercantile
method , which makes every transaction in your service , and every expenditure ,
a ...
92 basis , upon which you rose to power , and have been able to stand the shock
of repeated convulsions , has been the accuracy and simplicity of mercantile
method , which makes every transaction in your service , and every expenditure ,
a ...
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... the administration of the revenue , the members of which were expressly
dispensed from recording their dissents , until they chose it ; and in that office , as
in a great gulf , a most important part of the company's transactions has been
buried .
... the administration of the revenue , the members of which were expressly
dispensed from recording their dissents , until they chose it ; and in that office , as
in a great gulf , a most important part of the company's transactions has been
buried .
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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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