The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... whole of the proceedings will be found in these volumes ; and that the philosopher and the statesman will not be insensible of their value . This volume contains the speeches , which he made at the close of the impeachment , and which ...
... whole of the proceedings will be found in these volumes ; and that the philosopher and the statesman will not be insensible of their value . This volume contains the speeches , which he made at the close of the impeachment , and which ...
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... whole character of your future government in that distant empire is to be unalterably decided . It will take its perpetual tenour , it will receive its final impression , from the stamp of this very hour . It is not only the interest of ...
... whole character of your future government in that distant empire is to be unalterably decided . It will take its perpetual tenour , it will receive its final impression , from the stamp of this very hour . It is not only the interest of ...
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... whole body of eastern offenders ; a captain - general of iniqui- ty , under whom all the fraud , all the peculation , all the ty- ranny , in India , are embodied , disciplined , arrayed , and paid . This is the person , my lords , that ...
... whole body of eastern offenders ; a captain - general of iniqui- ty , under whom all the fraud , all the peculation , all the ty- ranny , in India , are embodied , disciplined , arrayed , and paid . This is the person , my lords , that ...
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... 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 . In delegating great power to the East - India Company , this ...
... 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 . In delegating great power to the East - India Company , this ...
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... 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 dis- guise of a merchant . Its whole service is a system of pub ...
... 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 dis- guise of a merchant . Its whole service is a system of pub ...
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