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Edmund Burke: But he forgets, that, being the Company's servant, the Company may bring a bill in Chancery against him, and force him…

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But he forgets, that, being the Company's servant, the Company may bring a bill in Chancery against him, and force him upon oath to give an account.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke warns that the Company has the right to compel an account from its servant.

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