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... to Blackstone," because Coke had inspired his seventeenth-century successors in legal theory to give a strong moral and constitutional basis to English civil liberty under the common law. Among the men who followed Coke was Selden, ...
... to Blackstone," because Coke had inspired his seventeenth-century successors in legal theory to give a strong moral and constitutional basis to English civil liberty under the common law. Among the men who followed Coke was Selden, ...
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... his more intense and elastic intelligence, and by a richer texture in his range of learning. The parallelism, balance, and antithesis in the structure of Dryden's prose, which give his rhythms their characteristic cadence and tone, ...
... his more intense and elastic intelligence, and by a richer texture in his range of learning. The parallelism, balance, and antithesis in the structure of Dryden's prose, which give his rhythms their characteristic cadence and tone, ...
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... Irish establishment, and Burke's refusal to give up his independence. 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.
... Irish establishment, and Burke's refusal to give up his independence. 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.
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"The progressive sagacity that keeps company with times and occasions," Burke wrote, "and decides upon things in their existing position, is that alone which can give true propriety, grace, and effect to a man's conduct.
"The progressive sagacity that keeps company with times and occasions," Burke wrote, "and decides upon things in their existing position, is that alone which can give true propriety, grace, and effect to a man's conduct.
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I go upon a naked and moderate calculation, just enough, without a pedantical exactness, to give your lordship some feeling of the effects of political society. I charge the whole of these effects on political society.
I go upon a naked and moderate calculation, just enough, without a pedantical exactness, to give your lordship some feeling of the effects of political society. I charge the whole of these effects on political society.
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
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 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
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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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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