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... produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an im- portant part of the opening section of the Reflections and of An Ap- peal from the New to the Old Whigs ( 1791 ) . In 1770 he said in the House ...
... produced the Revolution of 1688. Burke's interpretation of that important event was an im- portant part of the opening section of the Reflections and of An Ap- peal from the New to the Old Whigs ( 1791 ) . In 1770 he said in the House ...
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... 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. Introduction 25.
... 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. Introduction 25.
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... 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 . " The French ...
... 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 . " The French ...
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... produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . " In 1757 , when Burke published a second edition of his Vindication , he wrote a preface to assure his readers that it was a satire ...
... produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . " In 1757 , when Burke published a second edition of his Vindication , he wrote a preface to assure his readers that it was a satire ...
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... produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the ...
... produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the ...
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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