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He also admired the moderate lawyers who produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an important part of the opening section of the Reflections and of An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs ...
He also admired the moderate lawyers who produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an important part of the opening section of the Reflections and of An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs ...
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Burke summarized his impressions of the strange and powerful effect the Revolution had produced on the imaginations of men; he found it "a vast, tremendous, unformed spectre" which "subdued the fortitude of man," and went "straight ...
Burke summarized his impressions of the strange and powerful effect the Revolution had produced on the imaginations of men; he found it "a vast, tremendous, unformed spectre" which "subdued the fortitude of man," and went "straight ...
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... on French affairs had produced in Britain: "You, my dear Burke, by the exertion of your great powers, have carried three- fourths of the public. . . . Your labours . . . have produced an effect in the country beyond expectation ...
... on French affairs had produced in Britain: "You, my dear Burke, by the exertion of your great powers, have carried three- fourths of the public. . . . Your labours . . . have produced an effect in the country beyond expectation ...
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... he noted that such "pleasing impressions on the imagination subsist and produce their effect, even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature." In 1757, when Burke published a second edition of his ...
... he noted that such "pleasing impressions on the imagination subsist and produce their effect, even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature." In 1757, when Burke published a second edition of his ...
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And it very frequently happens, that those pleasing impressions on the imagination subsist and produce their effect, even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature. There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious ...
And it very frequently happens, that those pleasing impressions on the imagination subsist and produce their effect, even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature. There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 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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