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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... follows : " For these reasons we should have thought it our duty to inquire very minutely into those debts , even if the act of Par- liament had been silent on the subject , before we con- curred in any measure for their payment . But ...
... follows : " For these reasons we should have thought it our duty to inquire very minutely into those debts , even if the act of Par- liament had been silent on the subject , before we con- curred in any measure for their payment . But ...
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... 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 purpose , it is necessary you should know , with ...
... 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 purpose , it is necessary you should know , with ...
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... 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 , but a fraud . Either way , if light ...
... 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 , but a fraud . Either way , if light ...
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