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... His bill in 1780 to reform the abuses of royal patronage was defeated , although a modified and largely ineffectual measure was passed in 1782. After Rockingham's death in that year , Burke's once eminent position in. Introduction 21.
... His bill in 1780 to reform the abuses of royal patronage was defeated , although a modified and largely ineffectual measure was passed in 1782. After Rockingham's death in that year , Burke's once eminent position in. Introduction 21.
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... measure of their own ideas and temperament . Thus , both liberals and conser- vatives have praised or condemned Burke for insufficient reasons , on a consideration of those parts of his political philosophy. 32 SELECTED WRITINGS AND ...
... measure of their own ideas and temperament . Thus , both liberals and conser- vatives have praised or condemned Burke for insufficient reasons , on a consideration of those parts of his political philosophy. 32 SELECTED WRITINGS AND ...
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... to serve . In Burke's attempted economical reform of 1780 , he distin- guished between his principle of prudence and moral weakness or equivocation : It is much more easy to reconcile this measure to. 34 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
... to serve . In Burke's attempted economical reform of 1780 , he distin- guished between his principle of prudence and moral weakness or equivocation : It is much more easy to reconcile this measure to. 34 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
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... measure to humanity , than to bring it to any agreement with prudence . I do not mean that little , selfish , piti- ful , bastard thing , which sometimes goes by the name of a family in which it is not legitimate , and to which it is a ...
... measure to humanity , than to bring it to any agreement with prudence . I do not mean that little , selfish , piti- ful , bastard thing , which sometimes goes by the name of a family in which it is not legitimate , and to which it is a ...
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... measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can never walk surely , but by being sensible of our blindness . And this we must do , or we do nothing , whenever we ...
... measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can never walk surely , but by being sensible of our blindness . And this we must do , or we do nothing , whenever we ...
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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