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... least by 1750 , but his legal erudition grew and was well advanced long before he entered politics . Burke's knowledge of the law is evidenced in the volumes in his library , which included the works of many writers , both ancient and ...
... least by 1750 , but his legal erudition grew and was well advanced long before he entered politics . Burke's knowledge of the law is evidenced in the volumes in his library , which included the works of many writers , both ancient and ...
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... least at the time , went down to defeat . His opposition to the innovating policy to tax the American colonies , initiated by the Grenville ministry in 1764 and supported thereafter by George III , met with no success . Yet John Morley ...
... least at the time , went down to defeat . His opposition to the innovating policy to tax the American colonies , initiated by the Grenville ministry in 1764 and supported thereafter by George III , met with no success . Yet John Morley ...
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... least to resemble it , in history . " He believed that the Revolution violated " the whole system of policy on which the general state of Europe has hitherto stood , " that the revolutionists wished to make themselves " paramount to ...
... least to resemble it , in history . " He believed that the Revolution violated " the whole system of policy on which the general state of Europe has hitherto stood , " that the revolutionists wished to make themselves " paramount to ...
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... least a half dozen major publications have proved this thesis to the hilt . In " Burke and Natural Rights , " The Review of Politics ( October 1951 ) , Russell Kirk argued that Burke's " theory of natural law and natural rights made him ...
... least a half dozen major publications have proved this thesis to the hilt . In " Burke and Natural Rights , " The Review of Politics ( October 1951 ) , Russell Kirk argued that Burke's " theory of natural law and natural rights made him ...
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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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