The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 161
Edmund Burke. his companion was put on the same allowance , it will be 146,000l . a year for hospitality to two English gentlemen . I believe , that there is not a prince in Europe , who goes to such expensive hospitality of splendour ...
Edmund Burke. his companion was put on the same allowance , it will be 146,000l . a year for hospitality to two English gentlemen . I believe , that there is not a prince in Europe , who goes to such expensive hospitality of splendour ...
Page 186
... allowance . And accordingly to prevent the relations of his adopted mother - to prevent those , who might be supposed to have an immediate interest in the family , from abusing the trust of his education , and the trust of the ...
... allowance . And accordingly to prevent the relations of his adopted mother - to prevent those , who might be supposed to have an immediate interest in the family , from abusing the trust of his education , and the trust of the ...
Page 187
... allowance . They state ( though there was a great number of dependants to main- tain ) that 600 would be enough to maintain him . There appears in the account of these proceedings to be such a flutter about the care of the rajah , and ...
... allowance . They state ( though there was a great number of dependants to main- tain ) that 600 would be enough to maintain him . There appears in the account of these proceedings to be such a flutter about the care of the rajah , and ...
Page 270
... allowance at the time . But , my lords , I am to give a better opinion of the sufficiency of that provision to guard against the temptation , out of Mr. Hastings's own mouth . He says , in his letter to the court of directors ...
... allowance at the time . But , my lords , I am to give a better opinion of the sufficiency of that provision to guard against the temptation , out of Mr. Hastings's own mouth . He says , in his letter to the court of directors ...
Page 275
... allowance , which was thirty - two lacks , to sixteen ; and that to prevent the abuse of this restricted sum , and to prevent its being directed by the minister's au- thority to other purposes than that , for which the company allowed ...
... allowance , which was thirty - two lacks , to sixteen ; and that to prevent the abuse of this restricted sum , and to prevent its being directed by the minister's au- thority to other purposes than that , for which the company allowed ...
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