The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... duties entrusted with them , are miserably provided for ; whereas the chief of each great presidency has emoluments securing him against every mode of tempta tion . But if this has not secured the head , we may easily judge how the ...
... duties entrusted with them , are miserably provided for ; whereas the chief of each great presidency has emoluments securing him against every mode of tempta tion . But if this has not secured the head , we may easily judge how the ...
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... duty , which attaches upon all servants , but are obliged to engage , in a specifick covenant with their masters , to perform all the duties described in that covenant ( which are all the duties of their relation ) under heavy pe ...
... duty , which attaches upon all servants , but are obliged to engage , in a specifick covenant with their masters , to perform all the duties described in that covenant ( which are all the duties of their relation ) under heavy pe ...
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... duty of his office , -directly contrary to the express and positive law of the court of directors , which law parliament had bound upon him as his rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he ...
... duty of his office , -directly contrary to the express and positive law of the court of directors , which law parliament had bound upon him as his rule of action , -not satisfied with his long tacit connivance , ventured , before he ...
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... duty , on requisi- tion , to communicate your correspondence to those , who form the paramount government , on whose interests , and on whose concerns , and under whose authority , this correspond- ence has been carried on . The very ...
... duty , on requisi- tion , to communicate your correspondence to those , who form the paramount government , on whose interests , and on whose concerns , and under whose authority , this correspond- ence has been carried on . The very ...
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... duty to guard , with a firm and powerful vigilance , those , whose principles of conscience weaken their principles of self - de- fence . If we undertake to govern the inhabitants of such a country , we must govern them upon their own ...
... duty to guard , with a firm and powerful vigilance , those , whose principles of conscience weaken their principles of self - de- fence . If we undertake to govern the inhabitants of such a country , we must govern them upon their own ...
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