The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 32
... thing but a seminary for the succession of officers . They are a nation of placemen ; —they are a commonwealth with ... things . The funda- mental principle of the whole of the East - India Company's system is monopoly in some sense or ...
... thing but a seminary for the succession of officers . They are a nation of placemen ; —they are a commonwealth with ... things . The funda- mental principle of the whole of the East - India Company's system is monopoly in some sense or ...
Page 45
... thing came before the principal with a domestick accuracy and local familiarity . It was in the power of a director , sitting in London , to form an accurate judgment of every incident , that happened upon the Ganges and the Gogra . The ...
... thing came before the principal with a domestick accuracy and local familiarity . It was in the power of a director , sitting in London , to form an accurate judgment of every incident , that happened upon the Ganges and the Gogra . The ...
Page 47
... thing for the directors but the shell and husk of a dry , for- mal , official correspondence , which neither means any thing , nor was intended to mean any thing . These are some of the methods , by which he has defeated the purposes of ...
... thing for the directors but the shell and husk of a dry , for- mal , official correspondence , which neither means any thing , nor was intended to mean any thing . These are some of the methods , by which he has defeated the purposes of ...
Page 56
... thing is lost in this district , for instance a bag of money or other valuables , the person , who finds it , hangs it upon the next tree , and gives notice to the nearest chowkey , or place of guard ; the officer of which orders ...
... thing is lost in this district , for instance a bag of money or other valuables , the person , who finds it , hangs it upon the next tree , and gives notice to the nearest chowkey , or place of guard ; the officer of which orders ...
Page 76
Edmund Burke. all projects as a thing utterly unfeasible , and as such to aban- don it . The evening came on without any thing to alter his opinion . Major Calliaud that evening came to the nabob's tent to arrange some matters relative ...
Edmund Burke. all projects as a thing utterly unfeasible , and as such to aban- don it . The evening came on without any thing to alter his opinion . Major Calliaud that evening came to the nabob's tent to arrange some matters relative ...
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