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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... favor of their servants , ser- vants suspected of corruption and convicted of disobe- dience , the Directors of the East India Company were ordered to set their hands , asserting it to arise from their own conviction and opinion , in ...
... favor of their servants , ser- vants suspected of corruption and convicted of disobe- dience , the Directors of the East India Company were ordered to set their hands , asserting it to arise from their own conviction and opinion , in ...
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... favor the execution of that project . * And for what is all this apparatus of bustle and terror ? Is it because anything substantial is expected from it ? No. The stir and bustle itself is the end pro- posed . The eye - servants of a ...
... favor the execution of that project . * And for what is all this apparatus of bustle and terror ? Is it because anything substantial is expected from it ? No. The stir and bustle itself is the end pro- posed . The eye - servants of a ...
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... favor of a set of men whose names , with few exceptions , are either buried in the obscurity of their origin and talents or dragged into light by the enormity of their crimes ! In my opinion the courage of the minister was the most ...
... favor of a set of men whose names , with few exceptions , are either buried in the obscurity of their origin and talents or dragged into light by the enormity of their crimes ! In my opinion the courage of the minister was the most ...
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... 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 Arcot in a moody humor , under the influ- ence of ...
... 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 Arcot in a moody humor , under the influ- ence of ...
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... favor , has ranked them under three grand divisions . The first , the creditors of 1767 ; then the creditors of the cavalry loan ; and lastly , the creditors of the loan in 1777. Let us examine them , one by one , as they pass in review ...
... favor , has ranked them under three grand divisions . The first , the creditors of 1767 ; then the creditors of the cavalry loan ; and lastly , the creditors of the loan in 1777. Let us examine them , one by one , as they pass in review ...
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