The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
... servants on the principle of mere obsequiousness and flexibility , and total vacancy or indifference of opinion on all public matters , the State will cease to be sound , and it will be in vain to think of saving it . Burke ever stood ...
... servants on the principle of mere obsequiousness and flexibility , and total vacancy or indifference of opinion on all public matters , the State will cease to be sound , and it will be in vain to think of saving it . Burke ever stood ...
Page xi
... redress it ? ' It will astonish posterity when they read our opinions in our actions , that after years of inquiry , we have found out that the sole grievance of India consisted in this , that the servants of the Company there had.
... redress it ? ' It will astonish posterity when they read our opinions in our actions , that after years of inquiry , we have found out that the sole grievance of India consisted in this , that the servants of the Company there had.
Page xii
Edmund Burke, William Willis. this , that the servants of the Company there had not profited enough of their opportunities , nor drained it sufficiently of its treasures ; when they shall hear that the very first and only important act ...
Edmund Burke, William Willis. this , that the servants of the Company there had not profited enough of their opportunities , nor drained it sufficiently of its treasures ; when they shall hear that the very first and only important act ...
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... servant in the equity of a candid and discerning master . I come to claim your approbation , not to amuse you with vain apologies , or with professions still more vain and senseless . I have lived too long to be served by apologies , or ...
... servant in the equity of a candid and discerning master . I come to claim your approbation , not to amuse you with vain apologies , or with professions still more vain and senseless . I have lived too long to be served by apologies , or ...
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... servants insignificant . If the people should fall into the same humour , and should choose their servants on the same principles of mere obsequiousness and flexi- bility , and total vacancy or indifference of opinion in all public ...
... servants insignificant . If the people should fall into the same humour , and should choose their servants on the same principles of mere obsequiousness and flexi- bility , and total vacancy or indifference of opinion in all public ...
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