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Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. as a means of supporting his family , literature and journalism offered Burke the double opportunity of making good use of his extensive store of knowledge and of ...
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. as a means of supporting his family , literature and journalism offered Burke the double opportunity of making good use of his extensive store of knowledge and of ...
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... means . " For him , the events of 1789 initiated " a revolution in dogma " ; they were " a total departure . . from every one of the ideas and usages , religious , legal , moral , or social , of this civilized world . " So catastrophic ...
... means . " For him , the events of 1789 initiated " a revolution in dogma " ; they were " a total departure . . from every one of the ideas and usages , religious , legal , moral , or social , of this civilized world . " So catastrophic ...
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... means , according to the infinite variations of men's temporal circumstances . The common nature of man is infinitely modified by climate , geography , history , religion , nationality , and race ; by institutions , customs , manners ...
... means , according to the infinite variations of men's temporal circumstances . The common nature of man is infinitely modified by climate , geography , history , religion , nationality , and race ; by institutions , customs , manners ...
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... mean that little , selfish , piti- ful , bastard thing , which sometimes goes by the name of a family in which it is not ... means by which Natural Law principles are fulfilled in the var- ious concrete circumstances of man's social life ...
... mean that little , selfish , piti- ful , bastard thing , which sometimes goes by the name of a family in which it is not ... means by which Natural Law principles are fulfilled in the var- ious concrete circumstances of man's social life ...
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... means of applying the Natural Law in " this lower world " of civil society , prudence underlies Burke's sensitive regard for men's dif- ferences , his reverence for local loyalties and prejudices , his intense dislike for a priori ...
... means of applying the Natural Law in " this lower world " of civil society , prudence underlies Burke's sensitive regard for men's dif- ferences , his reverence for local loyalties and prejudices , his intense dislike for a priori ...
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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