Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... attempt to examine the psychological basis of art , originating in the variety of sensory observations rather than in deductions drawn from accepted " rules . " In Britain , despite an adverse review by his friend Goldsmith in the ...
... attempt to examine the psychological basis of art , originating in the variety of sensory observations rather than in deductions drawn from accepted " rules . " In Britain , despite an adverse review by his friend Goldsmith in the ...
Page 17
... attempt to bind Burke to him more firmly and completely , through a pension of three hundred pounds per year drawn on the Irish establishment , and Burke's refusal to give up his independence . 99 In April 1761 , while Burke and ...
... attempt to bind Burke to him more firmly and completely , through a pension of three hundred pounds per year drawn on the Irish establishment , and Burke's refusal to give up his independence . 99 In April 1761 , while Burke and ...
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... attempts to bring relief to the Catholics of Ireland from the tyran- nical penal laws were largely unsuccessful , but his principles were gradually fulfilled after his death . His bill in 1780 to reform the abuses of royal patronage was ...
... attempts to bring relief to the Catholics of Ireland from the tyran- nical penal laws were largely unsuccessful , but his principles were gradually fulfilled after his death . His bill in 1780 to reform the abuses of royal patronage was ...
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... to serve . In Burke's attempted economical reform of 1780 , he distin- guished between his principle of prudence and moral weakness or equivocation : It is much more easy to reconcile this measure to. 34 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
... to serve . In Burke's attempted economical reform of 1780 , he distin- guished between his principle of prudence and moral weakness or equivocation : It is much more easy to reconcile this measure to. 34 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
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... attempts to justify it on the score of utility , " and added , " God forbid that prudence , which is the supreme guide , and indeed stands first of all virtues , should ever be the guide of vices . " Burke distinguished carefully ...
... attempts to justify it on the score of utility , " and added , " God forbid that prudence , which is the supreme guide , and indeed stands first of all virtues , should ever be the guide of vices . " Burke distinguished carefully ...
Contents
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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 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
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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