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... force of Hazlitt's perceptive observation . The selections from Burke's writings and speeches in this vol- ume have been chosen from the entire canon of his works , from his earliest to his last writings . Special attention has been ...
... force of Hazlitt's perceptive observation . The selections from Burke's writings and speeches in this vol- ume have been chosen from the entire canon of his works , from his earliest to his last writings . Special attention has been ...
Page 48
... force of rea- soning and lustre of eloquence . " In the twentieth century Elie Halevy , in commenting upon Godwin's indictment of civil society , seems not even to have been aware that the Vindication was a satire : " Godwin per- haps ...
... force of rea- soning and lustre of eloquence . " In the twentieth century Elie Halevy , in commenting upon Godwin's indictment of civil society , seems not even to have been aware that the Vindication was a satire : " Godwin per- haps ...
Page 49
... perhaps su- perior , force , concerning the necessity of artificial religion ; and every step you advance in your argument , you add a strength to mine . In short , without irony , Burke believed that ". Early Writings 49.
... perhaps su- perior , force , concerning the necessity of artificial religion ; and every step you advance in your argument , you add a strength to mine . In short , without irony , Burke believed that ". Early Writings 49.
Page 53
... forces , the same engines which were employed for the de- struction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who ...
... forces , the same engines which were employed for the de- struction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who ...
Page 57
... force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a compliance with our pride and folly , to conform to our artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the ...
... force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a compliance with our pride and folly , to conform to our artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the ...
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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