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Edmund Burke: Observe his pity for a woman who had suffered such treatment from the servants of the Company (a parcel of…

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Observe his pity for a woman who had suffered such treatment from the servants of the Company (a parcel of ruffians!)--treatment that a ruffian would be ashamed of!
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Edmund Burke

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Burke criticizes the treatment of a woman by the Company's servants, calling them ruffians.

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