The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... agent was to be allowed a commission or percentage for his risk and trouble ; that , in order to ascertain what sum would be a reasonable compensation for the agent , the Governor - General and Council agreed to consult some of the ...
... agent was to be allowed a commission or percentage for his risk and trouble ; that , in order to ascertain what sum would be a reasonable compensation for the agent , the Governor - General and Council agreed to consult some of the ...
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... agent . That the said Warren Hastings professed that " he preferred an agency to a contract for this service , because , if it were performed by contract , it must then be adver- tised , and the world would know what provision was made ...
... agent . That the said Warren Hastings professed that " he preferred an agency to a contract for this service , because , if it were performed by contract , it must then be adver- tised , and the world would know what provision was made ...
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... agent , in the first instance , ought to be taken as presumptive evidence of a con- nection between the said Warren Hastings and the said agent , his private secretary , which ought not to exist between a Governor acting in behalf of ...
... agent , in the first instance , ought to be taken as presumptive evidence of a con- nection between the said Warren Hastings and the said agent , his private secretary , which ought not to exist between a Governor acting in behalf of ...
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... Agent - Victualler to the garrison of Fort William , whose profits , on an average of three years , were 15,970l . per annum . That this agency was held by the Postmaster - General , who in that capacity received 2,2001 . a year from ...
... Agent - Victualler to the garrison of Fort William , whose profits , on an average of three years , were 15,970l . per annum . That this agency was held by the Postmaster - General , who in that capacity received 2,2001 . a year from ...
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... agent for supplying all the other Presidencies with those articles ; that the said Warren Hastings declared that the intention of the appointment " was most likely to be fulfilled by a lib- eral consideration of it , " and therefore ...
... agent for supplying all the other Presidencies with those articles ; that the said Warren Hastings declared that the intention of the appointment " was most likely to be fulfilled by a lib- eral consideration of it , " and therefore ...
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