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... continued as editor to 1765-66). Introduced to William Hamilton. Became acquainted with Hume. 1761 Bute Ministry. Spent winters, 1761-62 and 1762—63 in Dublin as Hamilton's assistant. Fragment on Irish Penal Laws (published posthumously) ...
... continued as editor to 1765-66). Introduced to William Hamilton. Became acquainted with Hume. 1761 Bute Ministry. Spent winters, 1761-62 and 1762—63 in Dublin as Hamilton's assistant. Fragment on Irish Penal Laws (published posthumously) ...
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... continued to be edited and written by a succession of Burke's friends and political disciples. Thomas English (c. 1725—1798), who always retained Burke's highest confidence, replaced Burke as the chief active editor in 1766, and continued ...
... continued to be edited and written by a succession of Burke's friends and political disciples. Thomas English (c. 1725—1798), who always retained Burke's highest confidence, replaced Burke as the chief active editor in 1766, and continued ...
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... continued to exercise considerable control over the policy of the journal he had founded. A comparison between Burke's speeches in Parliament and articles in the Annual Register dealing with the same subjects reveals a great similarity ...
... continued to exercise considerable control over the policy of the journal he had founded. A comparison between Burke's speeches in Parliament and articles in the Annual Register dealing with the same subjects reveals a great similarity ...
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... continued to influence men throughout history long after the partisan causes which triumphed over him were buried in the graveyard of dead politics. But before considering Burke's living political philosophy it will be worthwhile to ...
... continued to influence men throughout history long after the partisan causes which triumphed over him were buried in the graveyard of dead politics. But before considering Burke's living political philosophy it will be worthwhile to ...
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... continued, "the annals of all time have not furnished an instance of a complete revolution. That Revolution seems to have extended even to the constitution of the mind of man." Also in 1796, in his second Letter on a Regicide Peace ...
... continued, "the annals of all time have not furnished an instance of a complete revolution. That Revolution seems to have extended even to the constitution of the mind of man." Also in 1796, in his second Letter on a Regicide Peace ...
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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