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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... transaction on occasion of which it was delivered , it may be proper to acquaint him , that , among the prin- ces dependent on this nation in the southern part of India , the most considerable at present is commonly known by the title ...
... transaction on occasion of which it was delivered , it may be proper to acquaint him , that , among the prin- ces dependent on this nation in the southern part of India , the most considerable at present is commonly known by the title ...
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... transaction should not cause some degree of alarm and incite to some sort of inquiry . It was not at all seemly , at ... transactions of the Nabob of Arcot with very private persons are so enormous , that they evidently set aside every ...
... transaction should not cause some degree of alarm and incite to some sort of inquiry . It was not at all seemly , at ... transactions of the Nabob of Arcot with very private persons are so enormous , that they evidently set aside every ...
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... transaction ; it is the demand of a suspect- ed steward upon ruined tenants and an embarrassed master that the Commons of Great Britain are com- manded not to inspect . The whole tenor of the right honorable gentleman's argument is ...
... transaction ; it is the demand of a suspect- ed steward upon ruined tenants and an embarrassed master that the Commons of Great Britain are com- manded not to inspect . The whole tenor of the right honorable gentleman's argument is ...
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... of the transaction , especially as he must have read , or rather the right honorable gentleman says he has read for him , whole volumes upon the subject . The volumes , by the way SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 25.
... of the transaction , especially as he must have read , or rather the right honorable gentleman says he has read for him , whole volumes upon the subject . The volumes , by the way SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS . 25.
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... transactions with himself ? If you follow the train of his information , you must see , that , if these great sums were at all lent , it was not property , but spoil , that was lent ; if not lent , the transaction was not a contract ...
... transactions with himself ? If you follow the train of his information , you must see , that , if these great sums were at all lent , it was not property , but spoil , that was lent ; if not lent , the transaction was not a contract ...
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