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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... reason to think that he kept any other . Neither do I believe in fact ( unless he meditated this villany long ago ) that he did or does now possess any clean copy . I never commu- nicated that paper to any one out of the very viii ...
... reason to think that he kept any other . Neither do I believe in fact ( unless he meditated this villany long ago ) that he did or does now possess any clean copy . I never commu- nicated that paper to any one out of the very viii ...
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... reason to conceal the design of it any longer . The design was to show that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might 1 be employed with equal ...
... reason to conceal the design of it any longer . The design was to show that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might 1 be employed with equal ...
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... reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find such a plentiful harvest of reasoning , where all seemed barren and unpromising . This is the fairy land of ...
... reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find such a plentiful harvest of reasoning , where all seemed barren and unpromising . This is the fairy land of ...
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... reason and fitness , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , we might with as good color , and with the same success , make the wisdom and power of God in his creation appear to many no ...
... reason and fitness , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , we might with as good color , and with the same success , make the wisdom and power of God in his creation appear to many no ...
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... reason ; nor would such an abuse have been tolerable , even for a few pages , if some under - plot , of more consequence than the ap- parent design , had not been carried on . Some persons have thought that the advantages of the state ...
... reason ; nor would such an abuse have been tolerable , even for a few pages , if some under - plot , of more consequence than the ap- parent design , had not been carried on . Some persons have thought that the advantages of the state ...
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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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