The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... honour to suppose a possibility of being corrupted by that , by which other empires have been corrupted , and assem- blies , almost as respectable and venerable as your lordships , have been directly or indirectly vitiated . Forty ...
... honour to suppose a possibility of being corrupted by that , by which other empires have been corrupted , and assem- blies , almost as respectable and venerable as your lordships , have been directly or indirectly vitiated . Forty ...
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... honour to the protecting justice of this kingdom , that will completely avenge the great people , who are subjected to it . You will not suffer your proceedings to be squared by any rules , but by their necessities , and by that law of ...
... honour to the protecting justice of this kingdom , that will completely avenge the great people , who are subjected to it . You will not suffer your proceedings to be squared by any rules , but by their necessities , and by that law of ...
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... honour of this country ; because increasing its commerce , without increas- ing its honour and reputation , would have been thought at that time , and will be thought now , a bad bargain for the country . The powers of the company were ...
... honour of this country ; because increasing its commerce , without increas- ing its honour and reputation , would have been thought at that time , and will be thought now , a bad bargain for the country . The powers of the company were ...
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... honours the company has to bestow . The company had , in its early times , established factories in certain places ; which factories , by degrees , grew to the name of presidencies and council , in proportion as the pow- er and ...
... honours the company has to bestow . The company had , in its early times , established factories in certain places ; which factories , by degrees , grew to the name of presidencies and council , in proportion as the pow- er and ...
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... honour- able , and adequate rewards for the persons , who serve the publick in the subordinate but powerful situations , he has left them to prey upon the people without the smallest de- gree of controul . In default of honest emolument ...
... honour- able , and adequate rewards for the persons , who serve the publick in the subordinate but powerful situations , he has left them to prey upon the people without the smallest de- gree of controul . In default of honest emolument ...
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