The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... cause some degree of alarm and incite to some sort of inquiry . It was not at all seemly , at a moment when the Company itself was so distressed as to require a sus- pension , by act of Parliament , of the payment of bills drawn on them ...
... cause some degree of alarm and incite to some sort of inquiry . It was not at all seemly , at a moment when the Company itself was so distressed as to require a sus- pension , by act of Parliament , of the payment of bills drawn on them ...
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... was reserved to any other . It was a jurisdic- tion , in a cause between party and party , given to the Court of Directors specifically . It was known that the territories of the former of these princes had been twice 8 ADVERTISEMENT .
... was reserved to any other . It was a jurisdic- tion , in a cause between party and party , given to the Court of Directors specifically . It was known that the territories of the former of these princes had been twice 8 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... cause to the test , - had he been wild enough to anticipate the absurdities of this day , that is , had he inferred , as his late accuser has thought proper to do , that he could not have been guilty of malversa- tion in office , for ...
... cause to the test , - had he been wild enough to anticipate the absurdities of this day , that is , had he inferred , as his late accuser has thought proper to do , that he could not have been guilty of malversa- tion in office , for ...
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... caused by an accumulation of part of the fortunes of their ser- vants in a debt from the Nabob of Arcot was the first thing which very particularly called for , and long en- gaged , the attention of the Court of Directors . This debt ...
... caused by an accumulation of part of the fortunes of their ser- vants in a debt from the Nabob of Arcot was the first thing which very particularly called for , and long en- gaged , the attention of the Court of Directors . This debt ...
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... cause of our present inability , by diverting the revenues of the Carnatic through private channels . " " Even this peshcush [ the Tanjore tribute ] , circumstanced as he and we are , he has assigned over to others , who now set them ...
... cause of our present inability , by diverting the revenues of the Carnatic through private channels . " " Even this peshcush [ the Tanjore tribute ] , circumstanced as he and we are , he has assigned over to others , who now set them ...
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