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AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE A Short Account of a Late Short Administration (1766) 117 Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770) . . .121 Speech on Conciliation (1775) 176 Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (1777) 223 III ...
AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE A Short Account of a Late Short Administration (1766) 117 Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770) . . .121 Speech on Conciliation (1775) 176 Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (1777) 223 III ...
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1769 Observations on Present State of Nation. 1770 Thoughts on Present Discontents. North Ministry. 1771—74 Burke as agent for New York. 1772 Opposed Petition of Clergy against Subscription. Speech on Protestant Dissenters.
1769 Observations on Present State of Nation. 1770 Thoughts on Present Discontents. North Ministry. 1771—74 Burke as agent for New York. 1772 Opposed Petition of Clergy against Subscription. Speech on Protestant Dissenters.
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... down to the present. Yet Burke preferred to keep his connection with the Annual Register anonymous, even after he gave up being the active editor in 1765 or 1766. However, for the next thirty years the Annual Register continued to ...
... down to the present. Yet Burke preferred to keep his connection with the Annual Register anonymous, even after he gave up being the active editor in 1765 or 1766. However, for the next thirty years the Annual Register continued to ...
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Therefore Burke is seldom mentioned by name, but is commonly introduced as "an eminent friend of ours," or as "one of the most luminous minds of the present age," or some such expression. But the most remarkable insight into the unique ...
Therefore Burke is seldom mentioned by name, but is commonly introduced as "an eminent friend of ours," or as "one of the most luminous minds of the present age," or some such expression. But the most remarkable insight into the unique ...
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Since for Burke "the actual and the present is the rational," prudence was a sufficient guide in the ordinary political problems of man. It was not necessary to appeal to transcendental moral standards in every political conflict; ...
Since for Burke "the actual and the present is the rational," prudence was a sufficient guide in the ordinary political problems of man. It was not necessary to appeal to transcendental moral standards in every political conflict; ...
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Contents
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| 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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