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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... conduct is now in question formerly stood forth in this House , the prosecutor of the worthy baronet † who spoke af ... conducting it with a degree of skill and vigor fully equal to all that have been exerted against him . But the change ...
... conduct is now in question formerly stood forth in this House , the prosecutor of the worthy baronet † who spoke af ... conducting it with a degree of skill and vigor fully equal to all that have been exerted against him . But the change ...
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... conduct of that inquisition , that should commit this trust to a particular description of men , and in the very same breath should enable another body , at their own pleasure , to supersede all the provisions the legislature had made ...
... conduct of that inquisition , that should commit this trust to a particular description of men , and in the very same breath should enable another body , at their own pleasure , to supersede all the provisions the legislature had made ...
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... conduct , we shall be worse than infants , if we do not put our senses under the tuition of our judgment , and effectually cure ourselves of that optical illusion which makes a brier at our nose of greater magnitude than an oak at five ...
... conduct , we shall be worse than infants , if we do not put our senses under the tuition of our judgment , and effectually cure ourselves of that optical illusion which makes a brier at our nose of greater magnitude than an oak at five ...
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... conduct in ministry is , and inconsistent with all just policy , it is still true to itself , and faithful to its own perverted order . Those who are bountiful to crimes will be rigid to merit and penurious to service . Their penury is ...
... conduct in ministry is , and inconsistent with all just policy , it is still true to itself , and faithful to its own perverted order . Those who are bountiful to crimes will be rigid to merit and penurious to service . Their penury is ...
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... conduct with regard to it . I will show you that this debt was never contracted with the knowledge of the Company ; that it had not their approbation ; that they received the first intel- ligence of it with the utmost possible surprise ...
... conduct with regard to it . I will show you that this debt was never contracted with the knowledge of the Company ; that it had not their approbation ; that they received the first intel- ligence of it with the utmost possible surprise ...
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