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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... servants of the East India Company , a variety of designs for the further extension of his territories . Some years af- ter , he carried his views to certain objects of interior arrangement , of a very pernicious nature . None of these ...
... servants of the East India Company , a variety of designs for the further extension of his territories . Some years af- ter , he carried his views to certain objects of interior arrangement , of a very pernicious nature . None of these ...
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... servants , from the highest to the lowest , -creating , out of the ruins of the country , brilliant fortunes for those who will , and entirely destroying those who will not , be subservient to his purposes . An opinion prevailed ...
... servants , from the highest to the lowest , -creating , out of the ruins of the country , brilliant fortunes for those who will , and entirely destroying those who will not , be subservient to his purposes . An opinion prevailed ...
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... servants should appear in so flourishing a condition , as , be- sides ten millions of other demands on their masters , to be entitled to claim a debt of three or four mil- lions more from the territorial revenue of one of their ...
... servants should appear in so flourishing a condition , as , be- sides ten millions of other demands on their masters , to be entitled to claim a debt of three or four mil- lions more from the territorial revenue of one of their ...
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... servants , respecting the debt , yet they had never been able to trace the origin thereof , or to obtain any satisfactory information on the subject . " The Court of Directors , after stating the circum- stances under which the debts ...
... servants , respecting the debt , yet they had never been able to trace the origin thereof , or to obtain any satisfactory information on the subject . " The Court of Directors , after stating the circum- stances under which the debts ...
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... servants , ser- vants suspected of corruption and convicted of disobe- dience , the Directors of the East India Company were ordered to set their hands , asserting it to arise from their own conviction and opinion , in flat contradic ...
... servants , ser- vants suspected of corruption and convicted of disobe- dience , the Directors of the East India Company were ordered to set their hands , asserting it to arise from their own conviction and opinion , in flat contradic ...
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