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As the whole revenue and civil administration was thus subverted, and a clandestine government substituted in the place of it, the judicial institution underwent a like revolution.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “As the whole revenue and civil administration was thus subverted, and a clandestine government substituted in the place…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke notes that the judicial system also underwent significant changes alongside the revenue administration.
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