The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 36
... servants of the company are obliged to enter into that service , not only with an im- pression of the general duty , which attaches upon all servants , but are obliged to engage , in a specifick covenant with their masters , to perform ...
... servants of the company are obliged to enter into that service , not only with an im- pression of the general duty , which attaches upon all servants , but are obliged to engage , in a specifick covenant with their masters , to perform ...
Page 37
... servants . He , who has taken a trifle perhaps as the reward of a good action , is obliged to be silent , when he sees whole nations desolated around him . The great criminal , at the head of the service , has the laws in his hand ; he ...
... servants . He , who has taken a trifle perhaps as the reward of a good action , is obliged to be silent , when he sees whole nations desolated around him . The great criminal , at the head of the service , has the laws in his hand ; he ...
Page 38
... servant , who comes to Europe , and to say , whether there was any one man in it , that will give him an ill word . He has put himself into a situation , in which he may always safely call to his character , and will always find himself ...
... servant , who comes to Europe , and to say , whether there was any one man in it , that will give him an ill word . He has put himself into a situation , in which he may always safely call to his character , and will always find himself ...
Page 39
... servants . He is himself a domestick servant , and generally chosen out of that class of natives , who , by being habituated to misery and subjection , can submit to any orders , and are fit for any of the basest services . Trained ...
... servants . He is himself a domestick servant , and generally chosen out of that class of natives , who , by being habituated to misery and subjection , can submit to any orders , and are fit for any of the basest services . Trained ...
Page 40
... servant arrives in In- dia , and his English connexions are known to be powerful , some of that class of people immediately take possession of him , as if he were their inheritance . They have knowledge of the country , and its affairs ...
... servant arrives in In- dia , and his English connexions are known to be powerful , some of that class of people immediately take possession of him , as if he were their inheritance . They have knowledge of the country , and its affairs ...
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