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Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. iv Conjugal America New material this edition copyright © 2009 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Originally published in 1963 by Doubleday Anchor.
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. iv Conjugal America New material this edition copyright © 2009 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Originally published in 1963 by Doubleday Anchor.
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PREFACE TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION The Transaction anthology, Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches is the fourth edition of the original work, published in 1963 as an Anchor paperback by Doubleday & Company.
PREFACE TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION The Transaction anthology, Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches is the fourth edition of the original work, published in 1963 as an Anchor paperback by Doubleday & Company.
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PREFACE William Hazlitt once remarked that the only fair specimen of Burke's writing is all that he wrote, because each new work shows additional evidence of his power in thought and brilliance in expression. Only an editor of Burke's ...
PREFACE William Hazlitt once remarked that the only fair specimen of Burke's writing is all that he wrote, because each new work shows additional evidence of his power in thought and brilliance in expression. Only an editor of Burke's ...
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In the introductions to each work I have summarized the essential circumstances surrounding the historical occasion that prompted Burke to write or speak. But, as Matthew Arnold said, "Burke saturated politics with thought," so that we ...
In the introductions to each work I have summarized the essential circumstances surrounding the historical occasion that prompted Burke to write or speak. But, as Matthew Arnold said, "Burke saturated politics with thought," so that we ...
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Edmund Burke 1729 Born in Dublin, January 12. 1741 Educated at Ballitore. 1743-48 Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. 1746 Founded Trinity College Historical Society. 1747 Began to write The Sublime and Beautiful.
Edmund Burke 1729 Born in Dublin, January 12. 1741 Educated at Ballitore. 1743-48 Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. 1746 Founded Trinity College Historical Society. 1747 Began to write The Sublime and Beautiful.
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
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 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
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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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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