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ECONOMICAL REFORM Speech on Economical Reform (1780) 341 V. MISCELLANEOUS CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Speech on the Middlesex Election (1771) 363 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the.
ECONOMICAL REFORM Speech on Economical Reform (1780) 341 V. MISCELLANEOUS CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Speech on the Middlesex Election (1771) 363 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the.
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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the Acts of Uniformity (1772) 365 Speech on the Relief of Protestant Dissenters (1773) 372 Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society (1792) 377 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE ...
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the Acts of Uniformity (1772) 365 Speech on the Relief of Protestant Dissenters (1773) 372 Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society (1792) 377 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE ...
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His father was a modestly successful Irish attorney, descended from the family of the poet Edmund Spenser, and a member of the Church of England. His mother was of the eminent Irish Nagle family, and a Roman Catholic.
His father was a modestly successful Irish attorney, descended from the family of the poet Edmund Spenser, and a member of the Church of England. His mother was of the eminent Irish Nagle family, and a Roman Catholic.
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In these early works he had voiced his faith in the gradual development of a constitutional system of government in England, based on the principle of the division of power within and between Church and State, and aimed at establishing ...
In these early works he had voiced his faith in the gradual development of a constitutional system of government in England, based on the principle of the division of power within and between Church and State, and aimed at establishing ...
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I admire his eloquence; I approve his politics; I adore his chivalry; and I can almost forgive his reverence for church establishments." In November 1796, Earl Fitzwilliam wrote to Burke and estimated the practical effect his ...
I admire his eloquence; I approve his politics; I adore his chivalry; and I can almost forgive his reverence for church establishments." In November 1796, Earl Fitzwilliam wrote to Burke and estimated the practical effect his ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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