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as a means of supporting his family, literature and journalism offered Burke the double opportunity of making good use of his extensive store of knowledge and of developing his writing talents. It would also make him known in the London ...
as a means of supporting his family, literature and journalism offered Burke the double opportunity of making good use of his extensive store of knowledge and of developing his writing talents. It would also make him known in the London ...
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"subdued the fortitude of man," and went "straight forward to its end, unappaled by peril, unchecked by remorse, despising all common maxims and all common means." For him, the events of 1789 initiated "a revolution in dogma"; ...
"subdued the fortitude of man," and went "straight forward to its end, unappaled by peril, unchecked by remorse, despising all common maxims and all common means." For him, the events of 1789 initiated "a revolution in dogma"; ...
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Although justice must always be observed, the determination of what is just in each particular instance, under the different institutions and conditions of mankind, must always vary in its means, according to the infinite variations of ...
Although justice must always be observed, the determination of what is just in each particular instance, under the different institutions and conditions of mankind, must always vary in its means, according to the infinite variations of ...
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I do not mean that little, selfish, pitiful, bastard thing, which sometimes goes by the name of a family in which it is not legitimate, and to which it is a disgrace — / mean that public and enlarged prudence, which, apprehensive of ...
I do not mean that little, selfish, pitiful, bastard thing, which sometimes goes by the name of a family in which it is not legitimate, and to which it is a disgrace — / mean that public and enlarged prudence, which, apprehensive of ...
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As a practical means of applying the Natural Law in "this lower world" of civil society, prudence underlies Burke's sensitive regard for men's differences, his reverence for local loyalties and prejudices, his intense dislike for a ...
As a practical means of applying the Natural Law in "this lower world" of civil society, prudence underlies Burke's sensitive regard for men's differences, his reverence for local loyalties and prejudices, his intense dislike for a ...
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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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