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... but for the perennial vitality of his ideas and principles, and for his skill in combining principles with the concrete historical circumstances and occasions that called forth his reflections on man as a political animal.
... but for the perennial vitality of his ideas and principles, and for his skill in combining principles with the concrete historical circumstances and occasions that called forth his reflections on man as a political animal.
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Among the men who followed Coke was Selden, whom Burke called "a great ornament of the common law." He also admired the moderate lawyers who produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an ...
Among the men who followed Coke was Selden, whom Burke called "a great ornament of the common law." He also admired the moderate lawyers who produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an ...
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Just before Burke published his Sublime and Beautiful, there appeared on April 12, 1757, an anonymous two-volume work called An Account of the European Settlements in America. Although the book was probably written largely by Will Burke ...
Just before Burke published his Sublime and Beautiful, there appeared on April 12, 1757, an anonymous two-volume work called An Account of the European Settlements in America. Although the book was probably written largely by Will Burke ...
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Gibbon himself, who disliked Burke's Christian orthodoxy, called him "the most eloquent and rational madman that I ever knew." Reynolds and Malone thought him superior to Johnson, both as a thinker and conversationalist.
Gibbon himself, who disliked Burke's Christian orthodoxy, called him "the most eloquent and rational madman that I ever knew." Reynolds and Malone thought him superior to Johnson, both as a thinker and conversationalist.
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In a sketch called "The Character of a Fine Gentleman," written between 1750—54 and now found in the Burke papers in the Sheffield City Library in England, he wrote: "A character is too complex a thing to be drawn into a definition.
In a sketch called "The Character of a Fine Gentleman," written between 1750—54 and now found in the Burke papers in the Sheffield City Library in England, he wrote: "A character is too complex a thing to be drawn into a definition.
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Contents
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| 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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