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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... sort of inquiry . It was not at all seemly , at a moment when the Company itself was so distressed as to require a sus- pension , by act of Parliament , of the payment of bills drawn on them from India , and also a direct tax upon every ...
... sort of inquiry . It was not at all seemly , at a moment when the Company itself was so distressed as to require a sus- pension , by act of Parliament , of the payment of bills drawn on them from India , and also a direct tax upon every ...
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... walls for an increase of their appoint- ments . From the marrowless bones of these skeleton * Appendix , No. 1 . VOL . 111 . 2 establishments , by the use of every sort of cutting SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 17.
... walls for an increase of their appoint- ments . From the marrowless bones of these skeleton * Appendix , No. 1 . VOL . 111 . 2 establishments , by the use of every sort of cutting SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 17.
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Edmund Burke. establishments , by the use of every sort of cutting and of every sort of fretting tool , he flatters himself that he may chip and rasp an empirical alimentary powder , to diet into some similitude of health and substance ...
Edmund Burke. establishments , by the use of every sort of cutting and of every sort of fretting tool , he flatters himself that he may chip and rasp an empirical alimentary powder , to diet into some similitude of health and substance ...
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... sort of trade sufficient to employ a peddler , could have , in a few years , ( as to some , even in a few months , ) amassed treasures equal to the revenues of a respect- able kingdom ? Was it not enough to put these gen- tlemen , in ...
... sort of trade sufficient to employ a peddler , could have , in a few years , ( as to some , even in a few months , ) amassed treasures equal to the revenues of a respect- able kingdom ? Was it not enough to put these gen- tlemen , in ...
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... sort of hardship to them , that they could not have justice at Madras , from the impossibility of their supporting their claims in the Mayor's Court ? Why ? Because , say they , the members of that court were themselves creditors , and ...
... sort of hardship to them , that they could not have justice at Madras , from the impossibility of their supporting their claims in the Mayor's Court ? Why ? Because , say they , the members of that court were themselves creditors , and ...
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