Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... give a strong moral and constitutional basis to English civil liberty under the common law . Among the men who followed Coke was Selden , whom Burke called " a great ornament of the common law . " He also admired the moderate lawyers ...
... give a strong moral and constitutional basis to English civil liberty under the common law . Among the men who followed Coke was Selden , whom Burke called " a great ornament of the common law . " He also admired the moderate lawyers ...
Page 16
... give his rhythms their characteristic cadence and tone , are also found in his style , but complicated by a greater use of ex- panded analogies and sustained comparisons . Burke's prose appears more discursive than Dryden's , because it ...
... give his rhythms their characteristic cadence and tone , are also found in his style , but complicated by a greater use of ex- panded analogies and sustained comparisons . Burke's prose appears more discursive than Dryden's , because it ...
Page 17
... give up his independence . 99 In April 1761 , while Burke and Hamilton were on very good terms , the Earl of Halifax was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and appointed Hamilton as his secretary . Hamilton knew that Burke's extensive ...
... give up his independence . 99 In April 1761 , while Burke and Hamilton were on very good terms , the Earl of Halifax was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , and appointed Hamilton as his secretary . Hamilton knew that Burke's extensive ...
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... give true propriety , grace , and ef- fect to a man's conduct . It is very hard to anticipate the occasion , and to live by a rule more general . " To Burke , " no moral questions are ever abstract questions . " Prudence was for him not ...
... give true propriety , grace , and ef- fect to a man's conduct . It is very hard to anticipate the occasion , and to live by a rule more general . " To Burke , " no moral questions are ever abstract questions . " Prudence was for him not ...
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... give your lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on po- litical society . . . . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions .... Political society is justly ...
... give your lordship some feeling of the effects of political society . I charge the whole of these effects on po- litical society . . . . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions .... Political society is justly ...
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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