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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... payments in ready money , ( of which , from the nature of the thing , the direct proof is very difficult , ) debts have at several periods been acknowl- edged to those gentlemen , to an immense amount , - that is , to some millions of ...
... payments in ready money , ( of which , from the nature of the thing , the direct proof is very difficult , ) debts have at several periods been acknowl- edged to those gentlemen , to an immense amount , - that is , to some millions of ...
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... payment of bills drawn on them from India , and also a direct tax upon every house in England , in order to facilitate the vent of their goods , and to avoid instant insol- vency , at that very moment , that their servants should appear ...
... payment of bills drawn on them from India , and also a direct tax upon every house in England , in order to facilitate the vent of their goods , and to avoid instant insol- vency , at that very moment , that their servants should appear ...
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... payment . But with the positive injunctions of the act before us to exam- ine into their nature and origin , we are indispensably bound to direct such an inquiry to be instituted . " They then order the President and Council of Madras ...
... payment . But with the positive injunctions of the act before us to exam- ine into their nature and origin , we are indispensably bound to direct such an inquiry to be instituted . " They then order the President and Council of Madras ...
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... pay in present expectation , whilst the effect is at a distance , and may be the concern of other times and other men . On these principles , he chooses to suppose ( for he does not pretend more than to sup- pose ) a naked possibility ...
... pay in present expectation , whilst the effect is at a distance , and may be the concern of other times and other men . On these principles , he chooses to suppose ( for he does not pretend more than to sup- pose ) a naked possibility ...
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... pay off their protec- tion to great crimes and great criminals by being in- exorable to the paltry frailties of little men ; and these modern flagellants are sure , with a rigid fidelity , to whip their own enormities on the vicarious ...
... pay off their protec- tion to great crimes and great criminals by being in- exorable to the paltry frailties of little men ; and these modern flagellants are sure , with a rigid fidelity , to whip their own enormities on the vicarious ...
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