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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... present whenever he so directed and to vote the way he wanted them to vote . The King's Friends tended to look a bit like the king himself . Typically , they had corpulent builds , protruding eyes , jowly cheeks , and a manner of ...
... present whenever he so directed and to vote the way he wanted them to vote . The King's Friends tended to look a bit like the king himself . Typically , they had corpulent builds , protruding eyes , jowly cheeks , and a manner of ...
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... present supply ran low . Drawing on records of meetings of the Club , as well as records of his many other encounters with Johnson , Bos- well would one day write a biography of Johnson that is considered a classic . Boswell's notebooks ...
... present supply ran low . Drawing on records of meetings of the Club , as well as records of his many other encounters with Johnson , Bos- well would one day write a biography of Johnson that is considered a classic . Boswell's notebooks ...
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... present position , where he attempted to command an army three thousand miles away . It wasn't fair to lay all the blame on Germain for the Saratoga disaster . Burgoyne was not entirely blameless for his surrender to the " cowardly ...
... present position , where he attempted to command an army three thousand miles away . It wasn't fair to lay all the blame on Germain for the Saratoga disaster . Burgoyne was not entirely blameless for his surrender to the " cowardly ...
Contents
The First Years 17291744 | 1 |
Dublin Years 17441750 | 11 |
Irish Greenhorn in England 1750 | 23 |
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