Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... spirit of the laws , the liberties , and the con- stitution of this country . " Burke's references to the laws of England begin with Ina of Wessex , late in the seventh century , and continue through the long line of English kings from ...
... spirit of the laws , the liberties , and the con- stitution of this country . " Burke's references to the laws of England begin with Ina of Wessex , late in the seventh century , and continue through the long line of English kings from ...
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... spirit, it differed completely from the moderate English Revolution of 1688 and in essentials from the American Revolution of 1775. These earlier revolutions modified certain details in the structure of society, or in the means of ...
... spirit, it differed completely from the moderate English Revolution of 1688 and in essentials from the American Revolution of 1775. These earlier revolutions modified certain details in the structure of society, or in the means of ...
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... spirit underlying the Revolution , the Reflections was the most successful book of the eighteenth - century " Enlightenment , " and it was al- most totally opposed to the prevailing spirit of the age . Before the Reflections appeared ...
... spirit underlying the Revolution , the Reflections was the most successful book of the eighteenth - century " Enlightenment , " and it was al- most totally opposed to the prevailing spirit of the age . Before the Reflections appeared ...
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... spirit of the law. The claim of utilitarian writers that Burke belongs to their camp has obscured the absolute difference between his principle of prudence and their conception of expediency. He had a principle of utility, but he was no ...
... spirit of the law. The claim of utilitarian writers that Burke belongs to their camp has obscured the absolute difference between his principle of prudence and their conception of expediency. He had a principle of utility, but he was no ...
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... spirit of morality through temperance and moderation: "Our physical well- being, our moral worth, our social happiness, our political tranquillity, all depend on that control of our appetites and passions, which the ancients designated ...
... spirit of morality through temperance and moderation: "Our physical well- being, our moral worth, our social happiness, our political tranquillity, all depend on that control of our appetites and passions, which the ancients designated ...
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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