The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... gives a share in the government of so vast an empire , with such a boundless patronage , civil , military , marine , commercial , and financial , in every department of which such fortunes have been made , as could be made nowhere else ...
... gives a share in the government of so vast an empire , with such a boundless patronage , civil , military , marine , commercial , and financial , in every department of which such fortunes have been made , as could be made nowhere else ...
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... give different judgments . In1 both instances cases in point have occurred . With re- gard to their local administration , their powers were exceed- ingly and dangerously loose and undetermined . Their powers were not given directly ...
... give different judgments . In1 both instances cases in point have occurred . With re- gard to their local administration , their powers were exceed- ingly and dangerously loose and undetermined . Their powers were not given directly ...
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... give time and means for settlements and compromises among parties , made at the expense of justice and true policy ... gives the same tenure to all who shall succeed to vacancies , which was given to those whom the act found in office ...
... give time and means for settlements and compromises among parties , made at the expense of justice and true policy ... gives the same tenure to all who shall succeed to vacancies , which was given to those whom the act found in office ...
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... give them the appearance of authenticity , as far as it can be con- veyed on the face or in the construction of such accounts ; and if they were forgeries , laid them open to an easy de- tection . But no detection is easy , when no ...
... give them the appearance of authenticity , as far as it can be con- veyed on the face or in the construction of such accounts ; and if they were forgeries , laid them open to an easy de- tection . But no detection is easy , when no ...
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... give evidence concerning his former misdemeanours . This attempt in the directors was the more surprising , when it is considered , that two committees of this House were at that very time sitting upon an inquiry , that related directly ...
... give evidence concerning his former misdemeanours . This attempt in the directors was the more surprising , when it is considered , that two committees of this House were at that very time sitting upon an inquiry , that related directly ...
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