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Page viii
The cultivators of literature will for ever lament the want of his finishing hand .
however , that the substance of the whole of the proceedings will be found in
these volumes ; and that the philosopher and the statesman will not be insensible
of ...
The cultivators of literature will for ever lament the want of his finishing hand .
however , that the substance of the whole of the proceedings will be found in
these volumes ; and that the philosopher and the statesman will not be insensible
of ...
Page 15
Upon both of these you must judge . According to the judgment , that you shall
give upon the past transactions in India , inseparably connected as they are with
the principles , which support them , the whole character of your future
government ...
Upon both of these you must judge . According to the judgment , that you shall
give upon the past transactions in India , inseparably connected as they are with
the principles , which support them , the whole character of your future
government ...
Page 20
We have brought before you the chief of the tribe , the head of the whole body of
eastern offenders ; a captain - general of iniquity , under whom all the fraud , all
the peculation , all the tyranny , in India , are embodied , disciplined , arrayed ...
We have brought before you the chief of the tribe , the head of the whole body of
eastern offenders ; a captain - general of iniquity , under whom all the fraud , all
the peculation , all the tyranny , in India , are embodied , disciplined , arrayed ...
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As they have emanated from the supreme power of this kingdom , the whole body
and the whole train of their servants , the corporate body as a corporate body ,
individuals as individuals , are responsible to the high justice of this kingdom .
As they have emanated from the supreme power of this kingdom , the whole body
and the whole train of their servants , the corporate body as a corporate body ,
individuals as individuals , are responsible to the high justice of this kingdom .
Page 29
The whole exteriour order of its political service is carried on upon a mercantile
plan and mercantile principles . In fact , the East - India Company in Asia is a
state in the disguise of a merchant . Its whole service is a system of publick offices
in ...
The whole exteriour order of its political service is carried on upon a mercantile
plan and mercantile principles . In fact , the East - India Company in Asia is a
state in the disguise of a merchant . Its whole service is a system of publick offices
in ...
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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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