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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... seems to have finished only two or three detached fragments of the first letter . These being too imperfect to be printed alone , his friends inserted them in the memorial , where they seemed best to cohere . The memorial had been ...
... seems to have finished only two or three detached fragments of the first letter . These being too imperfect to be printed alone , his friends inserted them in the memorial , where they seemed best to cohere . The memorial had been ...
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... seems to have been originally designed by Mr. Burke , which , how- ever , he afterwards abridged and altered , while the speech and the notes upon it remained as they were . The text and the documents that support it have throughout ...
... seems to have been originally designed by Mr. Burke , which , how- ever , he afterwards abridged and altered , while the speech and the notes upon it remained as they were . The text and the documents that support it have throughout ...
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... , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
... , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
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... seems to have been threatened . Such was that when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns , poured into Gaul , Italy , Spain , Greece , and Africa , carrying destruction before them as they advanced , and leaving horrid deserts every ...
... seems to have been threatened . Such was that when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns , poured into Gaul , Italy , Spain , Greece , and Africa , carrying destruction before them as they advanced , and leaving horrid deserts every ...
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... seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and what will continue to be done while the same induce- ments to war continue , I shall not dwell upon . 1 shall only in one word mention the horrid effects of ...
... seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and what will continue to be done while the same induce- ments to war continue , I shall not dwell upon . 1 shall only in one word mention the horrid effects of ...
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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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