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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... common decency , to institute a vigorous inquiry into the very bottom of the busi- ness , before they admitted any part of that vast and suspicious charge to be laid upon an exhausted coun- try . Every plan concurred in directing such ...
... common decency , to institute a vigorous inquiry into the very bottom of the busi- ness , before they admitted any part of that vast and suspicious charge to be laid upon an exhausted coun- try . Every plan concurred in directing such ...
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... common language . The difference , therefore , in the two cases is not in the comparative difficulty or facility of the two subjects , but in our attention to the one and our total neglect of the other . Had this attention and neglect ...
... common language . The difference , therefore , in the two cases is not in the comparative difficulty or facility of the two subjects , but in our attention to the one and our total neglect of the other . Had this attention and neglect ...
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... common liberal curi- osity of an English gentleman . Here a grand revo- lution commences . Mark the period , and mark the circumstances . In most of the capital changes that are recorded in the principles and system of any gov- ernment ...
... common liberal curi- osity of an English gentleman . Here a grand revo- lution commences . Mark the period , and mark the circumstances . In most of the capital changes that are recorded in the principles and system of any gov- ernment ...
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... common man with superstitious fears . He would exorcise that shape- less , nameless form , and by everything sacred would have adjured it to tell by what means a small num- ber of slight individuals , of no consequence or situa- tion ...
... common man with superstitious fears . He would exorcise that shape- less , nameless form , and by everything sacred would have adjured it to tell by what means a small num- ber of slight individuals , of no consequence or situa- tion ...
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... when the parties have a better understanding with each other , and when they have a point to carry that may unite them in a common deceit . If this body of private claims of debt , real SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 27.
... when the parties have a better understanding with each other , and when they have a point to carry that may unite them in a common deceit . If this body of private claims of debt , real SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 27.
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