The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British authority ; and next , the proceedings with regard to those native powers , which are wholly independent of the ...
... conduct and maxims of the Company's government with respect to the native princes and people dependent on the British authority ; and next , the proceedings with regard to those native powers , which are wholly independent of the ...
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... conduct of the directors and servants , and to watch over the execution of all parts of the act ; that they might be furnished with matter to lay before parlia- ment from time to time , according as the state of things should render ...
... conduct of the directors and servants , and to watch over the execution of all parts of the act ; that they might be furnished with matter to lay before parlia- ment from time to time , according as the state of things should render ...
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... conduct would follow the greater property . In no case could these principles be less de- pended upon than in the affairs of the East - India Company . However , by wholly cutting off the lower , and adding to the power of the higher ...
... conduct would follow the greater property . In no case could these principles be less de- pended upon than in the affairs of the East - India Company . However , by wholly cutting off the lower , and adding to the power of the higher ...
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... conduct , a very ordinary neg- lect in the court of directors might easily defeat it , and a short remission might in this particular operate as a total indemnity . In fact , however , the servants have of late sel- dom attempted a seat ...
... conduct , a very ordinary neg- lect in the court of directors might easily defeat it , and a short remission might in this particular operate as a total indemnity . In fact , however , the servants have of late sel- dom attempted a seat ...
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... conduct of this court before them ; and they have not yet been able to discover very few instances ( not one , that appears to them of leading importance ) of relief given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British ...
... conduct of this court before them ; and they have not yet been able to discover very few instances ( not one , that appears to them of leading importance ) of relief given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British ...
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