The Writings and Speeches of Edmund BurkeCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 588 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 III, readers will find: . "Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's Debts" . "Speech on the Debate of the Army Estimates in the House of Commons" . "Reflections on the Revolution in France" |
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Edmund Burke. authority ; the power might even be employed in defiance of the authority , if the case should require , as in truth it often did require , a proceeding of that degree of boldness . The Company had put him into possession ...
Edmund Burke. authority ; the power might even be employed in defiance of the authority , if the case should require , as in truth it often did require , a proceeding of that degree of boldness . The Company had put him into possession ...
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... authority is given to any persons by name to do some particular act , that no others , by virtue of general powers , can obtain a legal title to intrude themselves into that trust , and to ex- ercise those special functions in their ...
... authority is given to any persons by name to do some particular act , that no others , by virtue of general powers , can obtain a legal title to intrude themselves into that trust , and to ex- ercise those special functions in their ...
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... authority for a suspicion ( at the very least ) of everything relative to the great fortunes made at Madras . What is that authority ? Why , no other than the standing authority for all the claims which the ministry has thought fit to ...
... authority for a suspicion ( at the very least ) of everything relative to the great fortunes made at Madras . What is that authority ? Why , no other than the standing authority for all the claims which the ministry has thought fit to ...
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... authority of gov- ernment should interpose in favor of claims whose very foundation was a defiance of that authority , and whose object and end was its entire subversion . It may be said that this letter was written by the Nabob of ...
... authority of gov- ernment should interpose in favor of claims whose very foundation was a defiance of that authority , and whose object and end was its entire subversion . It may be said that this letter was written by the Nabob of ...
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... authority for those claims . It is pleasant to hear a gentleman of the law quote the approbation of cred- itors as an authority for their own debt . How they came to contract the debt to themselves , how they came to act as agents for ...
... authority for those claims . It is pleasant to hear a gentleman of the law quote the approbation of cred- itors as an authority for their own debt . How they came to contract the debt to themselves , how they came to act as agents for ...
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