The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 52
... received no com- pensation , directly or indirectly , for any restraints on their trade , ought not , in justice or common honesty , to be made subject to such restraints . I do not mean to impeach the right of the parliament of Great ...
... received no com- pensation , directly or indirectly , for any restraints on their trade , ought not , in justice or common honesty , to be made subject to such restraints . I do not mean to impeach the right of the parliament of Great ...
Page 67
... received a salary of £ 800 a year each . - In the office of one there is nothing at all to be done ; in the other , the occupier is oppressed by its duties . - Strike off 25 per cent . from these two offices , you take from one man ...
... received a salary of £ 800 a year each . - In the office of one there is nothing at all to be done ; in the other , the occupier is oppressed by its duties . - Strike off 25 per cent . from these two offices , you take from one man ...
Page 81
... received the office . Your dignity is too high for a juris- diction over wild beasts ; and your learning and talents too valuable to be wasted as chief justice of a desert . I cannot reconcile it to myself that you , Sir , should be ...
... received the office . Your dignity is too high for a juris- diction over wild beasts ; and your learning and talents too valuable to be wasted as chief justice of a desert . I cannot reconcile it to myself that you , Sir , should be ...
Page 84
... received in its rawest con- dition , went through all the process which fitted it for use . This inconvenient receipt produced an economy suited only to itself . It multiplied offices beyond all measure ; buttery , pantry , and all that ...
... received in its rawest con- dition , went through all the process which fitted it for use . This inconvenient receipt produced an economy suited only to itself . It multiplied offices beyond all measure ; buttery , pantry , and all that ...
Page 93
... received to account until he that was first appointed hath clearly accounted , and that the sum has been received . " 1 Whether this clause of that statute be the ground of that absurd practice , I am not quite able to ascertain . But ...
... received to account until he that was first appointed hath clearly accounted , and that the sum has been received . " 1 Whether this clause of that statute be the ground of that absurd practice , I am not quite able to ascertain . But ...
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