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... ment of English History . His interest in English legal and constitu- tional thought was strongly reflected in the large number of book reviews on legal works which he wrote for the early numbers of the Annual Register . Burke certainly ...
... ment of English History . His interest in English legal and constitu- tional thought was strongly reflected in the large number of book reviews on legal works which he wrote for the early numbers of the Annual Register . Burke certainly ...
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... ment , State Trials , Statutes of Jeofails , Woodfall's Parliamentary Debates , the legal decisions of Chief - Barons and Justices Hard- wicke , Willes , Parker , Raymond , Vaughan , Holt , Lee , Mansfield and Wilmot . " In addition to ...
... ment , State Trials , Statutes of Jeofails , Woodfall's Parliamentary Debates , the legal decisions of Chief - Barons and Justices Hard- wicke , Willes , Parker , Raymond , Vaughan , Holt , Lee , Mansfield and Wilmot . " In addition to ...
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... ment of a household in Queen Anne Street , London , that included several persons besides Burke , his wife , and their son Richard , who was born on February 9 , 1758. Mrs. Burke's father , Dr. Nugent , and for a while her brother ...
... ment of a household in Queen Anne Street , London , that included several persons besides Burke , his wife , and their son Richard , who was born on February 9 , 1758. Mrs. Burke's father , Dr. Nugent , and for a while her brother ...
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... ment . Otherwise , they were in perfect conformity with the com- mon law of England , and with the religion , laws , manners , and cus- toms of basic European institutions . The principles and the fanatical spirit of the French ...
... ment . Otherwise , they were in perfect conformity with the com- mon law of England , and with the religion , laws , manners , and cus- toms of basic European institutions . The principles and the fanatical spirit of the French ...
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... ment behind Burke's definition of the politician as " a philosopher in action . " As a philosopher , Burke drew his absolute ethical prin- ciples from the Natural Law ; as a politician , he applied his princi- ples in the concrete ...
... ment behind Burke's definition of the politician as " a philosopher in action . " As a philosopher , Burke drew his absolute ethical prin- ciples from the Natural Law ; as a politician , he applied his princi- ples in the concrete ...
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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