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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... sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or three small in- sertions have also been made from a quarto copy cor- rected by Mr. Burke himself . From the same source something more has been drawn in the shape of ...
... sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or three small in- sertions have also been made from a quarto copy cor- rected by Mr. Burke himself . From the same source something more has been drawn in the shape of ...
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... sense of its ow weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of letting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack everything the most excellent and venerable ; that it would ...
... sense of its ow weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of letting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack everything the most excellent and venerable ; that it would ...
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... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes a man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and , in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . In ...
... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes a man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and , in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . In ...
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... sense of feeling ; the weight of tyranny at last becomes insupportable ; but the remedy is not so easy : in general , the only remedy by which they attempt to cure the tyranny is to change the tyrant . This is , and always was , the ...
... sense of feeling ; the weight of tyranny at last becomes insupportable ; but the remedy is not so easy : in general , the only remedy by which they attempt to cure the tyranny is to change the tyrant . This is , and always was , the ...
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Lo sentimos, pero el contenido de esta página es de acceso restringido..
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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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