The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke: On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East IndiaCosimo, Inc., 1 ene 2008 - 600 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 II, readers will find: . "Speech on American Taxation" . "Speeches on the Arrival at Bristol and at the Conclusion of the Poll" . "Speech on Moving Resolutions for Conciliation with America" . "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, On the Affairs of America" . "Two Letters to Gentlemen of Bristol, On the Bills Depending in Parliament Relative to the Trade of Ireland" . "Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament, and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and Other Establishments" . "Speech at Bristol Previous to the Election, September 6, 1780" . "Speech at Bristol on Declining the Poll, September 9, 1780" . "Speech of Mr. Fox's East India Bill" . "A Representation to His Majesty, Moved in the House of Commons" |
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... ment . He has thrown out a speech composed al- most entirely of challenges . Challenges are serious things ; and as he is a man of prudence as well as resolution , I dare say he has very well weighed those challenges before he delivered ...
... ment . He has thrown out a speech composed al- most entirely of challenges . Challenges are serious things ; and as he is a man of prudence as well as resolution , I dare say he has very well weighed those challenges before he delivered ...
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... ment for men or measures , further than as they shall seem to me to deserve it . But before I go into that large consideration , because I would omit nothing that can give the House satisfaction , I wish to tread the narrow ground to ...
... ment for men or measures , further than as they shall seem to me to deserve it . But before I go into that large consideration , because I would omit nothing that can give the House satisfaction , I wish to tread the narrow ground to ...
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... ment : not on any general reasoning growing out of collateral matter , but on the conduct of the honorable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . The act of 1767 , which grants this tea - duty , sets forth in its ...
... ment : not on any general reasoning growing out of collateral matter , but on the conduct of the honorable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . The act of 1767 , which grants this tea - duty , sets forth in its ...
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... ment . This whole state of commercial servitude and civil liberty , taken together , is certainly not perfect freedom ; but comparing it with the ordinary circum stances of human nature , it was an happy and a lib- eral condition . - I ...
... ment . This whole state of commercial servitude and civil liberty , taken together , is certainly not perfect freedom ; but comparing it with the ordinary circum stances of human nature , it was an happy and a lib- eral condition . - I ...
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... ment was resolved on , a revenue was to be found to support so great a burden . Country gentlemen , the great patrons of economy , and the great resisters of a standing armed force , would not have entered with much alacrity into the ...
... ment was resolved on , a revenue was to be found to support so great a burden . Country gentlemen , the great patrons of economy , and the great resisters of a standing armed force , would not have entered with much alacrity into the ...
Índice
SPEECHES ON ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL AND AT THE CONCLU | 81 |
SPEECH ON MOVING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH | 99 |
LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL ON THE AFFAIRS | 187 |
Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF BRISTOL ON THE BILLS | 247 |
SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS | 265 |
SPEECH AT BRISTOL PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION Septem | 313 |
SPEECH AT BRISTOL ON DECLINING THE POLL Septem | 425 |
SPEECH ON MR Foxs EAST INDIA BILL December 1 1783 | 434 |
A REPRESENTATION TO HIS MAJESTY MOVED IN | 539 |
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Página 38 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.