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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... equal to all that have been exerted against him . But the change of relation between these two gen- tlemen is not so striking as the total difference of their deportment under the same unhappy circum- stances . Whatever the merits of ...
... equal to all that have been exerted against him . But the change of relation between these two gen- tlemen is not so striking as the total difference of their deportment under the same unhappy circum- stances . Whatever the merits of ...
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... equal precision of terms , specially committed , under particular regula- tions , to the Court of Directors . I conceive , therefore , the Board of Control had no right whatsoever to in- termeddle in that business . There is nothing ...
... equal precision of terms , specially committed , under particular regula- tions , to the Court of Directors . I conceive , therefore , the Board of Control had no right whatsoever to in- termeddle in that business . There is nothing ...
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... equal to two thirds of the whole collection of the revenues of this kingdom . Actuated by the same principle of choice , he has now on the anvil another scheme , full of difficulty and desperate hazard , which totally alters the com ...
... equal to two thirds of the whole collection of the revenues of this kingdom . Actuated by the same principle of choice , he has now on the anvil another scheme , full of difficulty and desperate hazard , which totally alters the com ...
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... equal to the revenues of a respect- able kingdom ? Was it not enough to put these gen- tlemen , in the novitiate of their administration , on their guard , and to call upon them for a strict in- quiry , ( if not to justify them in a ...
... equal to the revenues of a respect- able kingdom ? Was it not enough to put these gen- tlemen , in the novitiate of their administration , on their guard , and to call upon them for a strict in- quiry , ( if not to justify them in a ...
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... equal- ity in their demands . All the consequences lay in a regular and irresistible train . By employing their influence for the recovery of this debt , their orders , issued in the same breath , against creating new debts , only ...
... equal- ity in their demands . All the consequences lay in a regular and irresistible train . By employing their influence for the recovery of this debt , their orders , issued in the same breath , against creating new debts , only ...
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