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... essential , I have not ab- stracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical con- text . Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and tem- per than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. Preface.
... essential , I have not ab- stracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical con- text . Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and tem- per than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. Preface.
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... character . Also , beginning in 1741 , his education at Ballitore in County Kildare , at the school of a humane and liberal Quaker , Abraham Shackleton , contributed much toward Burke's sense of the pieties of life , and helped to shape ...
... character . Also , beginning in 1741 , his education at Ballitore in County Kildare , at the school of a humane and liberal Quaker , Abraham Shackleton , contributed much toward Burke's sense of the pieties of life , and helped to shape ...
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... 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 acquire a much ...
... 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 acquire a much ...
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... characters , either present or past . History is a preceptor of prudence , not of principles . The principles of true politics are those of morality en- larged ; and I neither now do , nor ever will , admit of any other . In the light ...
... characters , either present or past . History is a preceptor of prudence , not of principles . The principles of true politics are those of morality en- larged ; and I neither now do , nor ever will , admit of any other . In the light ...
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... characters and passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and require some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disap- pointed ; they found the landmarks ...
... characters and passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and require some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disap- pointed ; they found the landmarks ...
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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