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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... produce of the whole hereditary revenue of the kingdom of Ireland . * Strange as this scheme of conduct in ministry is , and inconsistent with all just policy , it is still true to itself , and faithful to its own perverted order ...
... produce of the whole hereditary revenue of the kingdom of Ireland . * Strange as this scheme of conduct in ministry is , and inconsistent with all just policy , it is still true to itself , and faithful to its own perverted order ...
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... produced at their several rates , annuities amounting to six hundred and twenty- three thousand pounds a year : a good deal more than one third of the clear land - tax of England , at four shillings in the pound ; a good deal more than ...
... produced at their several rates , annuities amounting to six hundred and twenty- three thousand pounds a year : a good deal more than one third of the clear land - tax of England , at four shillings in the pound ; a good deal more than ...
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... produced a swarm of sons and daughters , not in the least degen- erated from the virtue of their parents . From that moment the authority of the Court of Directors expired in the Carnatic , and everywhere else . " Every man , " says the ...
... produced a swarm of sons and daughters , not in the least degen- erated from the virtue of their parents . From that moment the authority of the Court of Directors expired in the Carnatic , and everywhere else . " Every man , " says the ...
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... , indeed , be pleas- ant to see him adhere to this exploded testimony . He next , upon grounds equally solid , abandons the * Mr. Dundas . benefits of that circulation which was to be produced by 50 SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBts .
... , indeed , be pleas- ant to see him adhere to this exploded testimony . He next , upon grounds equally solid , abandons the * Mr. Dundas . benefits of that circulation which was to be produced by 50 SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBts .
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Edmund Burke. benefits of that circulation which was to be produced by drawing out all the juices of the body . Laying aside , or forgetting , these pretences of his dispatch , he has just now assumed a principle totally different , but ...
Edmund Burke. benefits of that circulation which was to be produced by drawing out all the juices of the body . Laying aside , or forgetting , these pretences of his dispatch , he has just now assumed a principle totally different , but ...
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