Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... called forth his reflections on man as a political animal . By any reasonable judgment , Burke has to be considered one of the world's outstanding thinkers on politics . Except for the early writings of Burke , which are a unit based on ...
... called forth his reflections on man as a political animal . By any reasonable judgment , Burke has to be considered one of the world's outstanding thinkers on politics . Except for the early writings of Burke , which are a unit based on ...
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... called " a great ornament of the common law . " He also admired the moderate lawyers who produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an im- portant part of the opening section of the Reflections ...
... called " a great ornament of the common law . " He also admired the moderate lawyers who produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an im- portant part of the opening section of the Reflections ...
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... called An Account of the European Settlements in America . Although the book was probably written largely by Will Burke , it appears that Edmund had a share in writing or revising it , and certainly he was thoroughly familiar with its ...
... called An Account of the European Settlements in America . Although the book was probably written largely by Will Burke , it appears that Edmund had a share in writing or revising it , and certainly he was thoroughly familiar with its ...
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... called him " the most eloquent and rational madman that I ever knew . " Reynolds and Malone thought him superior to Johnson , both as a thinker and conversationalist . Johnson himself , despite his partisan political dif- ferences with ...
... called him " the most eloquent and rational madman that I ever knew . " Reynolds and Malone thought him superior to Johnson , both as a thinker and conversationalist . Johnson himself , despite his partisan political dif- ferences with ...
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... called " The Character of a Fine Gentleman , " written between 1750—54 and now found in the Burke papers in the Sheffield City Library in England , he wrote : " A character is too complex a thing to be drawn into a definition . We may ...
... called " The Character of a Fine Gentleman , " written between 1750—54 and now found in the Burke papers in the Sheffield City Library in England , he wrote : " A character is too complex a thing to be drawn into a definition . We may ...
Contents
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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 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
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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