The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 168
... company should think it advisable for me to with- draw , I shall respectfully retire ; if you think otherwise , I shall go directly to the council - house and to the ' change , and , without a moment's delay , begin my canvass . Bristol ...
... company should think it advisable for me to with- draw , I shall respectfully retire ; if you think otherwise , I shall go directly to the council - house and to the ' change , and , without a moment's delay , begin my canvass . Bristol ...
Page 174
... company as quo warranto , and mandamus , and certiorari ; as if we were on a trial about mayors and aldermen , and capital burgesses ; or engaged in a suit concerning the borough of Penryn , or Saltash , or St. Ives , or St. Mawes ...
... company as quo warranto , and mandamus , and certiorari ; as if we were on a trial about mayors and aldermen , and capital burgesses ; or engaged in a suit concerning the borough of Penryn , or Saltash , or St. Ives , or St. Mawes ...
Page 177
... Company . Magna Charta is a charter to restrain power , and to de- stroy monopoly . The East - India charter is a charter to establish monopoly , and to create power . Political power and commercial monopoly are not the rights of men ...
... Company . Magna Charta is a charter to restrain power , and to de- stroy monopoly . The East - India charter is a charter to establish monopoly , and to create power . Political power and commercial monopoly are not the rights of men ...
Page 178
... Company accountable ? Why , to parliament , to be sure ; to parliament , from which their trust was derived ; to parliament , which alone is capable of comprehending the magnitude of its object , and its abuse ; and alone capable of an ...
... Company accountable ? Why , to parliament , to be sure ; to parliament , from which their trust was derived ; to parliament , which alone is capable of comprehending the magnitude of its object , and its abuse ; and alone capable of an ...
Page 179
... Company's authority is a trust derivatively ; and it is the use we make of the resumed power that must justify or ... Company's rights ( I am conscious of it ) binds me to do a great deal . I do not presume to condemn those who argue a ...
... Company's authority is a trust derivatively ; and it is the use we make of the resumed power that must justify or ... Company's rights ( I am conscious of it ) binds me to do a great deal . I do not presume to condemn those who argue a ...
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