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It is therefore of the greatest importance, in reading Burke's writings and speeches, to keep in mind his legal erudition. III. Burke's Literary Career After abandoning his formal study of the law, Burke in his middle twenties turned to ...
It is therefore of the greatest importance, in reading Burke's writings and speeches, to keep in mind his legal erudition. III. Burke's Literary Career After abandoning his formal study of the law, Burke in his middle twenties turned to ...
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Also, in a manner that anticipated Burke's speeches eighteen years later, the author recognized the importance of the common bonds of language, culture, and economic interests that united the English colonies to Britain.
Also, in a manner that anticipated Burke's speeches eighteen years later, the author recognized the importance of the common bonds of language, culture, and economic interests that united the English colonies to Britain.
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... of the Annual Register (1759-65), his veneration for the historical diversity and continuity of civil society, so like that of Montesquieu, is everywhere evident. He stressed the importance of legal Introduction 19 EARLY WRITINGS.
... of the Annual Register (1759-65), his veneration for the historical diversity and continuity of civil society, so like that of Montesquieu, is everywhere evident. He stressed the importance of legal Introduction 19 EARLY WRITINGS.
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He stressed the importance of legal prescription and the common law, of a balanced growth and change, combining past inheritance and present needs, and of the "wisdom of our ancestors," as embodied in living social traditions and civil ...
He stressed the importance of legal prescription and the common law, of a balanced growth and change, combining past inheritance and present needs, and of the "wisdom of our ancestors," as embodied in living social traditions and civil ...
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As a literary composition, despite its discursiveness and unevenness, it is his greatest single claim to enduring fame, and its historical importance can hardly be overestimated. Alfred Cobban did not exaggerate in calling the ...
As a literary composition, despite its discursiveness and unevenness, it is his greatest single claim to enduring fame, and its historical importance can hardly be overestimated. Alfred Cobban did not exaggerate in calling the ...
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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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