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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... infirmity of human nature , from those which are symptoms of the particular distemperature of our own air and season . -from " Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent " CONTENTS OF VOL . L ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER ,
... infirmity of human nature , from those which are symptoms of the particular distemperature of our own air and season . -from " Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent " CONTENTS OF VOL . L ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER ,
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Edmund Burke. CONTENTS OF VOL . L ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER , Prefixed to the First PAGE OCTAVO EDITION " ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND OCTAVO EDITION xvii A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY : OR , A VIEW OF THE MISERIES AND EVILS ARISING ...
Edmund Burke. CONTENTS OF VOL . L ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER , Prefixed to the First PAGE OCTAVO EDITION " ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND OCTAVO EDITION xvii A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY : OR , A VIEW OF THE MISERIES AND EVILS ARISING ...
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... READER . * HE late Mr. Burke , LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER, Prefixed to the First PAGE.
... READER . * HE late Mr. Burke , LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER, Prefixed to the First PAGE.
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Edmund Burke. TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke , from a principle of unaffect TH ed humility , which they who were the most in- timately acquainted with his character best know to have been in his estimation one of the most impor ...
Edmund Burke. TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke , from a principle of unaffect TH ed humility , which they who were the most in- timately acquainted with his character best know to have been in his estimation one of the most impor ...
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... reader , it is trusted , will find this ob- ject , too much disregarded in modern books , has here been kept in view throughout . The quotations which are interspersed through the works of Mr Burke , and which were frequently made by ...
... reader , it is trusted , will find this ob- ject , too much disregarded in modern books , has here been kept in view throughout . The quotations which are interspersed through the works of Mr Burke , and which were frequently made by ...
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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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