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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... light , and feel such refreshing airs of liberty , as daily raise our ardor for more . The miseries derived to mankind from superstition under the name of religion , and of ecclesiastical tyranny under the name of church gov- ernment ...
... light , and feel such refreshing airs of liberty , as daily raise our ardor for more . The miseries derived to mankind from superstition under the name of religion , and of ecclesiastical tyranny under the name of church gov- ernment ...
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... lights ; the external , and the internal . The first , that relation which it bears in point of friendship or enmity to other states . The second , that relation which its component parts , the governing and the governed , bear to each ...
... lights ; the external , and the internal . The first , that relation which it bears in point of friendship or enmity to other states . The second , that relation which its component parts , the governing and the governed , bear to each ...
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... light upon that part which coincides with Roman history , and of that part only on the point of time when they re- ceived the great and final stroke which made them no more a nation ; a stroke which is allowed to have cut off little ...
... light upon that part which coincides with Roman history , and of that part only on the point of time when they re- ceived the great and final stroke which made them no more a nation ; a stroke which is allowed to have cut off little ...
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... light of reason , till all ideas of rectitude and justice are ut- terly erased from his mind . When Alexander had in his fury inhumanly butchered one of his best friends and bravest captains ; on the return of reason he began to ...
... light of reason , till all ideas of rectitude and justice are ut- terly erased from his mind . When Alexander had in his fury inhumanly butchered one of his best friends and bravest captains ; on the return of reason he began to ...
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Lo sentimos, pero el contenido de esta página es de acceso restringido..
Lo sentimos, pero el contenido de esta página es de acceso restringido..
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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