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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... land . Not content with winking at these abuses , whilst he attempts to squeeze the laborious , ill - paid drudges of English revenue , he lavishes , in one act of corrupt prodigality , upon those who never served the public in any ...
... land . Not content with winking at these abuses , whilst he attempts to squeeze the laborious , ill - paid drudges of English revenue , he lavishes , in one act of corrupt prodigality , upon those who never served the public in any ...
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... land - tax of England , at four shillings in the pound ; a good deal more than double the whole annual dividend of the East India * A witness examined before the Committee of Secrecy says that eighteen per cent was the usual interest ...
... land - tax of England , at four shillings in the pound ; a good deal more than double the whole annual dividend of the East India * A witness examined before the Committee of Secrecy says that eighteen per cent was the usual interest ...
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... lands , in the buying and building of houses , in the securing quiet seats in Parliament or in the tumultuous riot of contested elections , in wandering throughout the whole range of those va- riegated modes of inventive prodigality ...
... lands , in the buying and building of houses , in the securing quiet seats in Parliament or in the tumultuous riot of contested elections , in wandering throughout the whole range of those va- riegated modes of inventive prodigality ...
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