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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It's a pity that nobody thought of making a shorthand record of Burke's maiden speech . But he was a new member . Nobody knew what to expect when he stood up . He himself couldn't remember what he had said .
It's a pity that nobody thought of making a shorthand record of Burke's maiden speech . But he was a new member . Nobody knew what to expect when he stood up . He himself couldn't remember what he had said .
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While Johnson was writing Taxation No Tyranny , Burke was composing a speech that was to become the most famous of his speeches on behalf of the Americans . On February 27 , 1775 , the House of Commons began to consider a bill to ...
While Johnson was writing Taxation No Tyranny , Burke was composing a speech that was to become the most famous of his speeches on behalf of the Americans . On February 27 , 1775 , the House of Commons began to consider a bill to ...
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He was in the lobby when the speech ended . Then , he reported , he heard “ the loudest , the most unanimous and the highest strain of applause . But what the audience was applauding was the magnificence of the speech .
He was in the lobby when the speech ended . Then , he reported , he heard “ the loudest , the most unanimous and the highest strain of applause . But what the audience was applauding was the magnificence of the speech .
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Contents
The First Years 17291744 | 1 |
Dublin Years 17441750 | 11 |
Irish Greenhorn in England 1750 | 23 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Edmund Burke and His World |
| Author | Alice P. Miller |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Devin-Adair Company, 1979 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Nov 2008 |
| ISBN | 0815954042, 9780815954040 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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