The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... never created by money bona fide lent . But even on a supposition that this vast sum was really advanced , it was impossible that the very reality of such an astonishing transaction should not cause some degree of alarm and incite to ...
... never created by money bona fide lent . But even on a supposition that this vast sum was really advanced , it was impossible that the very reality of such an astonishing transaction should not cause some degree of alarm and incite to ...
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... never been able to trace the origin thereof , or to obtain any satisfactory information on the subject . " —— The Court of Directors , after stating the circum- stances under which the debts appeared to them to have been contracted ...
... never been able to trace the origin thereof , or to obtain any satisfactory information on the subject . " —— The Court of Directors , after stating the circum- stances under which the debts appeared to them to have been contracted ...
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... never ceased to claim the country itself , and carried on a continued train of negotiation , that it should again be given up to him , in violation of the Company's public faith . The Directors , in obedience to this part of the act ...
... never ceased to claim the country itself , and carried on a continued train of negotiation , that it should again be given up to him , in violation of the Company's public faith . The Directors , in obedience to this part of the act ...
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... never served the public in any honest occupation at all , an annual income equal to two thirds of the whole collection of the revenues of this kingdom . Actuated by the same principle of choice , he has now on the anvil another scheme ...
... never served the public in any honest occupation at all , an annual income equal to two thirds of the whole collection of the revenues of this kingdom . Actuated by the same principle of choice , he has now on the anvil another scheme ...
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... never ap- peared in any other than a most questionable shape . When this gigantic phantom of debt first appeared before a young minister , it naturally would have jus- tified some degree of doubt and apprehension . Such a prodigy would ...
... never ap- peared in any other than a most questionable shape . When this gigantic phantom of debt first appeared before a young minister , it naturally would have jus- tified some degree of doubt and apprehension . Such a prodigy would ...
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