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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... death of a Club member always brought the mem- bers together . When David Garrick died , on January 20 , 1779 , the members indulged in their customary expressions of respect and admiration . Dr. Johnson uttered one of the most famous ...
... death of a Club member always brought the mem- bers together . When David Garrick died , on January 20 , 1779 , the members indulged in their customary expressions of respect and admiration . Dr. Johnson uttered one of the most famous ...
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... death . " Burke managed to get a pension for the widow of the murdered man and also sued the author of the article , William Finney , claiming that Finney had encouraged peo- ple to murder homosexuals . Finney was sentenced to three ...
... death . " Burke managed to get a pension for the widow of the murdered man and also sued the author of the article , William Finney , claiming that Finney had encouraged peo- ple to murder homosexuals . Finney was sentenced to three ...
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... death took one after another . Now he was losing other friends because he differed with them so in- tensely over the French Revolution . He had become moody and hard to get along with . Soon he would lose another friend who had been ...
... death took one after another . Now he was losing other friends because he differed with them so in- tensely over the French Revolution . He had become moody and hard to get along with . Soon he would lose another friend who had been ...
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The First Years 17291744 | 1 |
Dublin Years 17441750 | 11 |
Irish Greenhorn in England 1750 | 23 |
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