The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 - Great Britain |
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... received on account of the Company by the Governor - General , or paid to their Treasury by his order , and applied to their service Appendix B. Nos . 5 and 6. Affidavit of William Larkins , Esq . and Letter of Governor - General to the ...
... received on account of the Company by the Governor - General , or paid to their Treasury by his order , and applied to their service Appendix B. Nos . 5 and 6. Affidavit of William Larkins , Esq . and Letter of Governor - General to the ...
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... received special orders from 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 ...
... received special orders from 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 ...
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... received , and seems to have deserved , commendation ; but no sufficient ground was furnished for confounding the lines and gradations of service . This measure was , however , far less exceptionable than the former ; because an ...
... received , and seems to have deserved , commendation ; but no sufficient ground was furnished for confounding the lines and gradations of service . This measure was , however , far less exceptionable than the former ; because an ...
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... received by a person in that subordinate situation . The minuteness with which these accounts appear to have been kept , and the precision with which the date of each particular , sometimes of very small sums , is stated , give them the ...
... received by a person in that subordinate situation . The minuteness with which these accounts appear to have been kept , and the precision with which the date of each particular , sometimes of very small sums , is stated , give them the ...
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... received in England ; but not that which went outward . They might know some- thing , but that very imperfectly , and unsystematically , of the state of affairs ; but they were neither authorized to ad- vance nor to retard any measure ...
... received in England ; but not that which went outward . They might know some- thing , but that very imperfectly , and unsystematically , of the state of affairs ; but they were neither authorized to ad- vance nor to retard any measure ...
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