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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... letters , as well as by a com- bination of circumstances forming a 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 ...
... letters , as well as by a com- bination of circumstances forming a 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 ...
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... letter in which those orders were contained to the board of his Majesty's min- isters , and other servants lately constituted by Mr. Pitt's East India Act . These ministers , who had just carried through Parliament the bill ordering a ...
... letter in which those orders were contained to the board of his Majesty's min- isters , and other servants lately constituted by Mr. Pitt's East India Act . These ministers , who had just carried through Parliament the bill ordering a ...
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Edmund Burke. specific inquiry , immediately drew up another letter , on a principle directly opposite to that which was prescribed by the act of Parliament and followed by the Directors . In these second orders , all idea of an inquiry ...
Edmund Burke. specific inquiry , immediately drew up another letter , on a principle directly opposite to that which was prescribed by the act of Parliament and followed by the Directors . In these second orders , all idea of an inquiry ...
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... letters and orders of the Court of Directors of the United East India Com- pany , in pursuance of the injunctions contained in the 37th and 38th clauses of the said act " ; and the ques- tion being put , it passed in the negative by a ...
... letters and orders of the Court of Directors of the United East India Com- pany , in pursuance of the injunctions contained in the 37th and 38th clauses of the said act " ; and the ques- tion being put , it passed in the negative by a ...
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... letter written to the Court of Direc tors , at the precise period whilst the main body of these debts were contracting . In his letter he states himself to be , what undoubtedly he is , a most compe- tent witness to this point . After ...
... letter written to the Court of Direc tors , at the precise period whilst the main body of these debts were contracting . In his letter he states himself to be , what undoubtedly he is , a most compe- tent witness to this point . After ...
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