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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... principle any of the cal- culations were made up , none of them found the debt to differ from the recital of the act ... principles , communicated the draught of the general letter in which those orders were contained to the board of his ...
... principle any of the cal- culations were made up , none of them found the debt to differ from the recital of the act ... principles , communicated the draught of the general letter in which those orders were contained to the board of his ...
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Edmund Burke. specific inquiry , immediately drew up another letter , on a principle directly opposite to that which ... principles upon which this summary proceed- ing was adopted by the ministerial board are stated by themselves in a ...
Edmund Burke. specific inquiry , immediately drew up another letter , on a principle directly opposite to that which ... principles upon which this summary proceed- ing was adopted by the ministerial board are stated by themselves in a ...
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... principles they think expedient , it is for us to consider whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Treasurer of the Navy , acting as a Board of Control , are justified by law or policy in suspending the legal arrangements made ...
... principles they think expedient , it is for us to consider whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Treasurer of the Navy , acting as a Board of Control , are justified by law or policy in suspending the legal arrangements made ...
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... principle of the law and Constitution of this country that is not sub- verted to favor the execution of that project ... principles , he chooses to suppose ( for he does not pretend more than to sup- pose ) a naked possibility that he ...
... principle of the law and Constitution of this country that is not sub- verted to favor the execution of that project ... principles , he chooses to suppose ( for he does not pretend more than to sup- pose ) a naked possibility that he ...
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... principles and system of any gov- ernment , a public benefit of some kind or other has been pretended . The revolution commenced in some- thing plausible , in something which carried the ap- pearance at least of punishment of ...
... principles and system of any gov- ernment , a public benefit of some kind or other has been pretended . The revolution commenced in some- thing plausible , in something which carried the ap- pearance at least of punishment of ...
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