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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... always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and countries ever attend the first rage of conquest . It will , therefore , be very reason- able to allow on their account as much as , 16 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and countries ever attend the first rage of conquest . It will , therefore , be very reason- able to allow on their account as much as , 16 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of the sufferers could have the least rational concern . The Babylonian , Assyrian , Median , and Persian monarchies must have poured out seas of blood in their formation , and in their ...
... attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of the sufferers could have the least rational concern . The Babylonian , Assyrian , Median , and Persian monarchies must have poured out seas of blood in their formation , and in their ...
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... of the Jews here was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbors , consumed vast mul- titudes 22 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... of the Jews here was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbors , consumed vast mul- titudes 22 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... attend the wasting of kingdoms , and sacking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their pas- sions . I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just enough , without a pedantical ...
... attend the wasting of kingdoms , and sacking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their pas- sions . I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just enough , without a pedantical ...
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... attended with conse- quences so deplorable . In a state of nature , it had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an ...
... attended with conse- quences so deplorable . In a state of nature , it had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an ...
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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 |
THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS | 433 |
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