The Writings and Speeches of Edmund BurkeCosimo, Inc., 1 ene 2008 - 572 páginas This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high position in Britain's Whig party, and he was active in public life. He supported limitations on the power of the monarch and believed that the British people should have a greater say in their government. In general, Burke spoke out against the persecutions perpetuated by the British Empire on its colonies, including America, Ireland, and India. Burke's speeches and writings influenced the great thinkers of his day, including America's Founding Fathers. In Volume I, readers will find: . "A Vindication of Natural Society" . "A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" . "A Short Account of a Late Short Administration" . "The Present State of the Nation" . "Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent" |
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... connected , as indeed it also is , much more than is generally known , with the state of liter- ature and the elegant arts . Such a subject of biog- raphy cannot be dismissed with a slight and rapid touch ; nor can it be treated in a ...
... connected , as indeed it also is , much more than is generally known , with the state of liter- ature and the elegant arts . Such a subject of biog- raphy cannot be dismissed with a slight and rapid touch ; nor can it be treated in a ...
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... connected with the Marquis of Rock- ingham and his being chosen member for Bristol . In the third are comprehended all his speeches and pamphlets from his first arrival at Bristol , as a can- didate , in the year 1774 , to his farewell ...
... connected with the Marquis of Rock- ingham and his being chosen member for Bristol . In the third are comprehended all his speeches and pamphlets from his first arrival at Bristol , as a can- didate , in the year 1774 , to his farewell ...
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... connected with the practice of virtue , which necessarily depends upon the knowl- edge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of those unalterable relations which Providence has ordained that every thing should bear to every other ...
... connected with the practice of virtue , which necessarily depends upon the knowl- edge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of those unalterable relations which Providence has ordained that every thing should bear to every other ...
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... connected ; and whilst we re- ceive government as a thing necessary , or even use- ful to our well - being , we shall in spite of us draw in , as a necessary , though undesirable consequence , an artificial religion of some kind or ...
... connected ; and whilst we re- ceive government as a thing necessary , or even use- ful to our well - being , we shall in spite of us draw in , as a necessary , though undesirable consequence , an artificial religion of some kind or ...
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... overthrown ; and he crushed to pieces the king of Armenia , his ally , by the great- ness of his ruin . All who had connections with him shared the same fate . The merciless genius of Sylla A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 21.
... overthrown ; and he crushed to pieces the king of Armenia , his ally , by the great- ness of his ruin . All who had connections with him shared the same fate . The merciless genius of Sylla A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 21.
Índice
A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF | 67 |
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION | 263 |
OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION INTITULED THE | 269 |
263 | 288 |
THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS | 433 |
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