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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... Peace was in its progress through the press when the author died . About one half of it was actually revised in print by himself , though not in the exact order of the pages as they now stand . He enlarged his first X ADVERTISEMENT .
... Peace was in its progress through the press when the author died . About one half of it was actually revised in print by himself , though not in the exact order of the pages as they now stand . He enlarged his first X ADVERTISEMENT .
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... for the continuance of the war was understood to have been the principal objection urged against the two former Letters on the Proposals for Peace . In performing with reverential diffidence this duty xii ADVERTISEMENT .
... for the continuance of the war was understood to have been the principal objection urged against the two former Letters on the Proposals for Peace . In performing with reverential diffidence this duty xii ADVERTISEMENT .
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Edmund Burke. for Peace . In performing with reverential diffidence this duty of friendship , care has been taken not to attribute to Mr. Burke any sentiment which is not most explicitly known , from repeated conversations , and from ...
Edmund Burke. for Peace . In performing with reverential diffidence this duty of friendship , care has been taken not to attribute to Mr. Burke any sentiment which is not most explicitly known , from repeated conversations , and from ...
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... peace should not fail to be met with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . In truth , the answer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same year , but was laid aside when ...
... peace should not fail to be met with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . In truth , the answer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same year , but was laid aside when ...
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... peace only as a breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to execute military plans . " A meditation on the conduct of political societies made old Hobbes imagine , that war was the state of nature ...
... peace only as a breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to execute military plans . " A meditation on the conduct of political societies made old Hobbes imagine , that war was the state of nature ...
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 |
THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS | 433 |
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