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While debating in the House of Commons, Burke frequently made good extemporaneous use of his legal knowledge: "In this part of his speech," the Commons clerk once recorded, "Mr. Burke entered into a detail of legal authority, ...
While debating in the House of Commons, Burke frequently made good extemporaneous use of his legal knowledge: "In this part of his speech," the Commons clerk once recorded, "Mr. Burke entered into a detail of legal authority, ...
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John Morley, the outstanding Victorian disciple of Bentham and Mill, and the recognized authority on Burke during the late nineteenth century, wrote two books on him, in which he emphasized "Burke's utilitarian liberalism," and praised ...
John Morley, the outstanding Victorian disciple of Bentham and Mill, and the recognized authority on Burke during the late nineteenth century, wrote two books on him, in which he emphasized "Burke's utilitarian liberalism," and praised ...
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Following his secondary sources, George Sabine, an outstanding authority in the history of political theory, in A History of Political Theory refined upon these long-prevailing convictions concerning Burke: Burke made an important ...
Following his secondary sources, George Sabine, an outstanding authority in the history of political theory, in A History of Political Theory refined upon these long-prevailing convictions concerning Burke: Burke made an important ...
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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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