The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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Page 42
... grant certificates for government bonds at 8 per cent . interest for about £ 650,000 . The in- vestment was fixed at £ 900,000 . But now another alarming system appeared . These new bonds overloaded the market : those , which had been ...
... grant certificates for government bonds at 8 per cent . interest for about £ 650,000 . The in- vestment was fixed at £ 900,000 . But now another alarming system appeared . These new bonds overloaded the market : those , which had been ...
Page 90
... grant of the contract which contained it , for three years . It must also be remembered , that they had from the beginning positively directed , that the contract should be put up to public auction ; and this not having been done in Mr ...
... grant of the contract which contained it , for three years . It must also be remembered , that they had from the beginning positively directed , that the contract should be put up to public auction ; and this not having been done in Mr ...
Page 94
... grant of the monopoly to Mr. Sulivan , thought proper to re- verse the decree of his masters , and by his own authority to recall it to the council . By this step he became responsible for all the consequences . The board of trade ...
... grant of the monopoly to Mr. Sulivan , thought proper to re- verse the decree of his masters , and by his own authority to recall it to the council . By this step he became responsible for all the consequences . The board of trade ...
Page 178
... grant to Mr. Hastings , and in choosing rather to refer him to the law , which he had violated , than to his own sense of what he thought he was entitled to take from the natives ; putting him in mind , that the regulating act had ...
... grant to Mr. Hastings , and in choosing rather to refer him to the law , which he had violated , than to his own sense of what he thought he was entitled to take from the natives ; putting him in mind , that the regulating act had ...
Page 185
... grant , or even as a loan . It is plain , that the powers of go- vernment must , in some way or other , be understood by the natives to be at sale . The governor - general says , that he took the money with an original destination to ...
... grant , or even as a loan . It is plain , that the powers of go- vernment must , in some way or other , be understood by the natives to be at sale . The governor - general says , that he took the money with an original destination to ...
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