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... effect on him . In 1746 , as a junior , he commented upon his college education in a letter to his friend , Richard Shackleton ( the son of Abraham Shackleton ) : All my studies have rather proceeded from sallies of passion , than from ...
... effect on him . In 1746 , as a junior , he commented upon his college education in a letter to his friend , Richard Shackleton ( the son of Abraham Shackleton ) : All my studies have rather proceeded from sallies of passion , than from ...
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... his impressions of the strange and powerful effect the Revolution had produced on the imaginations of men ; he found it " a vast , tremendous , unformed spectre " which " subdued the fortitude of man , " and went. Introduction 25.
... his impressions of the strange and powerful effect the Revolution had produced on the imaginations of men ; he found it " a vast , tremendous , unformed spectre " which " subdued the fortitude of man , " and went. Introduction 25.
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... effect of the Reflections that it became the focal point for all private and public discussions of the Revolution ... effect his Reflections and other writings on French affairs had produced in Britain : " You , my dear Burke , by the ...
... effect of the Reflections that it became the focal point for all private and public discussions of the Revolution ... effect his Reflections and other writings on French affairs had produced in Britain : " You , my dear Burke , by the ...
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... effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . " In 1757 , when Burke published a second edition of his Vindication , he wrote a preface to assure his readers that it was a satire , that there ...
... effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . " In 1757 , when Burke published a second edition of his Vindication , he wrote a preface to assure his readers that it was a satire , that there ...
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... effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the sober aspect of ...
... effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the sober aspect of ...
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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