The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... answered its purposes , the failure cannot be attributed to any want of officers of every description , or to the deficiency of any mode : of patronage in their appointment . The cause must be B 2 ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA . 3.
... answered its purposes , the failure cannot be attributed to any want of officers of every description , or to the deficiency of any mode : of patronage in their appointment . The cause must be B 2 ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA . 3.
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... answer should arrive , with the emoluments , and to confirm him therein , if Mr. Sulivan should remain in Bengal . On the 14th February , 1781 , the president and council re- ceived a letter from Bengal in reply , and stating their re ...
... answer should arrive , with the emoluments , and to confirm him therein , if Mr. Sulivan should remain in Bengal . On the 14th February , 1781 , the president and council re- ceived a letter from Bengal in reply , and stating their re ...
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... answering that end . We therefore recommend it to you to offer such increase of price as you shall deem may be consistently given ; that by beating them out of the market the quantities by you to be provided may be proportionably ...
... answering that end . We therefore recommend it to you to offer such increase of price as you shall deem may be consistently given ; that by beating them out of the market the quantities by you to be provided may be proportionably ...
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... answer to be sent to Europe at any price . " The directors renew their prohibition of making fresh contracts , the present being generally to ex- pire in the year 1781. But this trade , whose fundamental policy might have admitted of a ...
... answer to be sent to Europe at any price . " The directors renew their prohibition of making fresh contracts , the present being generally to ex- pire in the year 1781. But this trade , whose fundamental policy might have admitted of a ...
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... answer of Mr. Hurst is in a high and determined tone . He does not deny , that there are some instances of abuse of power . " But I ask , " ( says he , ) " what authority can guard against the conduct of individuals ; but that a single ...
... answer of Mr. Hurst is in a high and determined tone . He does not deny , that there are some instances of abuse of power . " But I ask , " ( says he , ) " what authority can guard against the conduct of individuals ; but that a single ...
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