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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... equal in their respective bulk , has , at the same time , been fortunately found to produce a more methodical arrangement of the whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical works ...
... equal in their respective bulk , has , at the same time , been fortunately found to produce a more methodical arrangement of the whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical works ...
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... was to show that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government 4 PREFACE .
... was to show that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government 4 PREFACE .
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Edmund Burke. be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of everything else , will never permit to be questioned . It is an ...
Edmund Burke. be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of everything else , will never permit to be questioned . It is an ...
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... which was the seat of war must have been an equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only VOL . I. 2 half so much , and then the account stands thus A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 17.
... which was the seat of war must have been an equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only VOL . I. 2 half so much , and then the account stands thus A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 17.
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... equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone are calculated by somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by ...
... equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone are calculated by somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by ...
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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