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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... thing were done at your door . Fraud , injustice , oppression , peculation , en- gendered in India , are crimes of the same blood , family , and cast with those that are born and bred in England . To go no farther than the case before ...
... thing were done at your door . Fraud , injustice , oppression , peculation , en- gendered in India , are crimes of the same blood , family , and cast with those that are born and bred in England . To go no farther than the case before ...
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... things , are its whole support . Sir , I mean to follow the right honorable gentle- man over that field of deception , clearing what he has purposely obscured , and fairly stating what it was necessary for him to misrepresent . For this ...
... things , are its whole support . Sir , I mean to follow the right honorable gentle- man over that field of deception , clearing what he has purposely obscured , and fairly stating what it was necessary for him to misrepresent . For this ...
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... things were against the real interests of the Company , they are ten thousand times more against mine , and against the prosperity of my country and the happiness of my people ; for your interests and mine are the same . What were they ...
... things were against the real interests of the Company , they are ten thousand times more against mine , and against the prosperity of my country and the happiness of my people ; for your interests and mine are the same . What were they ...
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... thing , whether he told it or not , one such testimony is worth a thousand that contradict that probability , when the parties have a better understanding with each other , and when they have a point to carry that may unite them in a ...
... thing , whether he told it or not , one such testimony is worth a thousand that contradict that probability , when the parties have a better understanding with each other , and when they have a point to carry that may unite them in a ...
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... received the 24th of March , 1779. * Suppose his Highness not to be well broken in to * See further Consultations , 3d February , 1778 . things of this kind , it must , indeed , SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 41.
... received the 24th of March , 1779. * Suppose his Highness not to be well broken in to * See further Consultations , 3d February , 1778 . things of this kind , it must , indeed , SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 41.
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