Edmund Burke and His World"Edmund Burke PC (12 January [NS] 1729[1]? 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. The latter led to his becoming the leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig party, which he dubbed the "Old Whigs", in opposition to the pro?French Revolution "New Whigs", led by Charles James Fox. Burke was praised by both conservatives and liberals in the 19th century. Since the 20th century, he has generally been viewed as the philosophical founder of modern conservatism, as well as a representative of classical liberalism."--Wikipedia. |
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... causes that he espoused . While he was fighting for the rights of Americans , he was simultaneously devot- ing much of his time to the needs of Ireland , and he would continue to be concerned about Ireland for the rest of his life . The ...
... causes that he espoused . While he was fighting for the rights of Americans , he was simultaneously devot- ing much of his time to the needs of Ireland , and he would continue to be concerned about Ireland for the rest of his life . The ...
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Alice P. Miller. - colonists were due to similar causes . The Irish were inevitably sympathetic with the Americans in ... caused him to lose old friends . But one friend he met after 1780 is of special interest because she was a gifted ...
Alice P. Miller. - colonists were due to similar causes . The Irish were inevitably sympathetic with the Americans in ... caused him to lose old friends . But one friend he met after 1780 is of special interest because she was a gifted ...
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... cause , have over a multitude of the profligate and ferocious . Actually Burke had never approved of revolutionary tac- tics as a means of bringing about social improvement , not even during the American Revolution . He did not regard ...
... cause , have over a multitude of the profligate and ferocious . Actually Burke had never approved of revolutionary tac- tics as a means of bringing about social improvement , not even during the American Revolution . He did not regard ...
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The First Years 17291744 | 1 |
Dublin Years 17441750 | 11 |
Irish Greenhorn in England 1750 | 23 |
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