The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... given for the pur- pose of asserting and enforcing the legal authority of their own body over their own servants . The failure in this part of the reform of 1773 is not stated by your committee as recommending a return to the ancient ...
... given for the pur- pose of asserting and enforcing the legal authority of their own body over their own servants . The failure in this part of the reform of 1773 is not stated by your committee as recommending a return to the ancient ...
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... given to their principal servants , it became impossible for them to recover any degree of their ancient respect , even if they had not , in the mean time , been so mo- delled as to be entirely free from all ambition of that sort . From ...
... given to their principal servants , it became impossible for them to recover any degree of their ancient respect , even if they had not , in the mean time , been so mo- delled as to be entirely free from all ambition of that sort . From ...
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... given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British subjects in power ; though they do find one very strong and marked instance of the judges having employed an unwar- rantable extension or application of the ...
... given to the natives against the corruptions or oppressions of British subjects in power ; though they do find one very strong and marked instance of the judges having employed an unwar- rantable extension or application of the ...
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... given by the act to the new powers to go governor - general and council had for their di- vernor - general rect object the kingdom of Bengal and its de- and council . pendencies . Within that sphere ( and it is not a small one ) their ...
... given by the act to the new powers to go governor - general and council had for their di- vernor - general rect object the kingdom of Bengal and its de- and council . pendencies . Within that sphere ( and it is not a small one ) their ...
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... given directly , but in words of reference , in which neither the objects related to , nor the mode of the relation , were sufficiently expressed . Their legislative and executive capacities were not so accurately drawn , and marked by ...
... given directly , but in words of reference , in which neither the objects related to , nor the mode of the relation , were sufficiently expressed . Their legislative and executive capacities were not so accurately drawn , and marked by ...
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