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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... body of evidence which cannot be resisted , that very great sums have been by him distributed , through a long course of years , to some of the Company's servants . Besides these presumed payments in ready money , ( of which , from the ...
... body of evidence which cannot be resisted , that very great sums have been by him distributed , through a long course of years , to some of the Company's servants . Besides these presumed payments in ready money , ( of which , from the ...
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Edmund Burke. strong reason to suspect that the body of these debts is wholly fictitious , and was never created by money bona fide lent . But even on a supposition that this vast sum was really advanced , it was impossible that the very ...
Edmund Burke. strong reason to suspect that the body of these debts is wholly fictitious , and was never created by money bona fide lent . But even on a supposition that this vast sum was really advanced , it was impossible that the very ...
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... body suspected that much , comparatively speaking , would be so found , ) it might be provided for , - in due subordination , however , to the ease of the sub- ject and the service of the state . These were the alleged grounds for an ...
... body suspected that much , comparatively speaking , would be so found , ) it might be provided for , - in due subordination , however , to the ease of the sub- ject and the service of the state . These were the alleged grounds for an ...
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... body , at their own pleasure , to supersede all the provisions the legislature had made , and to defeat the whole pur- pose , end , and object of the law ? This cannot be supposed even of an act of Parliament conceived by the ministers ...
... body , at their own pleasure , to supersede all the provisions the legislature had made , and to defeat the whole pur- pose , end , and object of the law ? This cannot be supposed even of an act of Parliament conceived by the ministers ...
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... body of your revenue , your most numerous armies , your most important commerce , the richest sources of your public credit , ( contrary to every idea of the known , settled policy of England , ) are on the point of being converted into ...
... body of your revenue , your most numerous armies , your most important commerce , the richest sources of your public credit , ( contrary to every idea of the known , settled policy of England , ) are on the point of being converted into ...
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