The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... measure arisen from dark cabals , and secret suggestions to persons in power , without a regu- lar public inquiry into the good or evil tendency of any measure , or into the merit or demerit of any person in- trusted with the Company's ...
... measure arisen from dark cabals , and secret suggestions to persons in power , without a regu- lar public inquiry into the good or evil tendency of any measure , or into the merit or demerit of any person in- trusted with the Company's ...
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... the Company . The first ex- ception leaves it open to the subordinate to judge of the necessity of measures , which , when taken , bind or involve the superior : the second refers a question of peace 12 REPORT OF A COMMITTEE.
... the Company . The first ex- ception leaves it open to the subordinate to judge of the necessity of measures , which , when taken , bind or involve the superior : the second refers a question of peace 12 REPORT OF A COMMITTEE.
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... measure this provision of the act has proved as unoperative as all the rest . By this management , a mere majority may bring in the greater de- linquent , whilst the person removed for offences compara- tively trivial may remain ...
... measure this provision of the act has proved as unoperative as all the rest . By this management , a mere majority may bring in the greater de- linquent , whilst the person removed for offences compara- tively trivial may remain ...
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... measure the most provident , without a great deal of previous inquiry , to place two persons , who rom their situation must be the most exposed to such im- putations , in the commission , which was to inquire into their own conduct ...
... measure the most provident , without a great deal of previous inquiry , to place two persons , who rom their situation must be the most exposed to such im- putations , in the commission , which was to inquire into their own conduct ...
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... measure was , however , far less exceptionable than the former ; because an irregular choice of a less com- petent person , and the preference given to proved delin- quency , in prejudice to uncensured service , are very different ...
... measure was , however , far less exceptionable than the former ; because an irregular choice of a less com- petent person , and the preference given to proved delin- quency , in prejudice to uncensured service , are very different ...
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