The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... formed at a very great expense , and with much complexity of constitution . Checks and counter - checks of all kinds were contrived in the execution , as well as in the formation , of this system , ir which all the existing authorities ...
... formed at a very great expense , and with much complexity of constitution . Checks and counter - checks of all kinds were contrived in the execution , as well as in the formation , of this system , ir which all the existing authorities ...
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... formed of greater or lesser numbers , or such as shall be composed of men of more or less opulence , or of interests of newer or longer standing , or concerning the distribution of power to various descriptions or professions of men ...
... formed of greater or lesser numbers , or such as shall be composed of men of more or less opulence , or of interests of newer or longer standing , or concerning the distribution of power to various descriptions or professions of men ...
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... formed the very basis ; no rules of evidence , nor authentic mode of transmission , were settled See the secret committee's reports on the Mahratta war . in conformity to the unalterable circumstances of the country and ON THE AFFAIRS ...
... formed the very basis ; no rules of evidence , nor authentic mode of transmission , were settled See the secret committee's reports on the Mahratta war . in conformity to the unalterable circumstances of the country and ON THE AFFAIRS ...
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... formation of a superintending council over all the presidencies better an- swered , than that of an inquiry into corruptions and abuses . The several presidencies have acted , in a great degree , upon their own separate authority ; and ...
... formation of a superintending council over all the presidencies better an- swered , than that of an inquiry into corruptions and abuses . The several presidencies have acted , in a great degree , upon their own separate authority ; and ...
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... formed in the act , notorious offence , gross error , or palpable insufficiency , have many chances of retaining and abusing authority , whilst the variety of representations , hearings , and conferences , and possibly the mere jealousy ...
... formed in the act , notorious offence , gross error , or palpable insufficiency , have many chances of retaining and abusing authority , whilst the variety of representations , hearings , and conferences , and possibly the mere jealousy ...
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