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... considered essential , I have not ab- stracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical con- text . Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and tem- per than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. Preface.
... considered essential , I have not ab- stracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical con- text . Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and tem- per than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. Preface.
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... manner . I have also tried to avoid the other great danger , that of treating long dead political and historical issues as though they were , in themselves , philosoph- ically important . In the introductions to each work I have summa ...
... manner . I have also tried to avoid the other great danger , that of treating long dead political and historical issues as though they were , in themselves , philosoph- ically important . In the introductions to each work I have summa ...
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... the furor poeticus . Burke confessed that he spent " three hours almost every day in the public library , " pursuing his regular studies in a " desultory and ex- cursive " manner , and striving " to get a. 2 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
... the furor poeticus . Burke confessed that he spent " three hours almost every day in the public library , " pursuing his regular studies in a " desultory and ex- cursive " manner , and striving " to get a. 2 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
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Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. cursive " manner , and striving " to get a little into the accounts of this , our own poor country . " Shortly after this period he founded a student debating club , which ...
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. cursive " manner , and striving " to get a little into the accounts of this , our own poor country . " Shortly after this period he founded a student debating club , which ...
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... manner that anticipated Burke's speeches eighteen years later , the author recognized the importance of the common bonds of language , culture , and economic interests that united the English colonies to Britain . Burke's share in ...
... manner that anticipated Burke's speeches eighteen years later , the author recognized the importance of the common bonds of language , culture , and economic interests that united the English colonies to Britain . Burke's share in ...
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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