Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 83
Page 1
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. INTRODUCTION I. BURKE'S EARLY LIFE Edmund Burke was born on January 12 , 1729 , in Dublin , and died on July 9 , 1797 , at his country home in Beaconsfield , England ...
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. INTRODUCTION I. BURKE'S EARLY LIFE Edmund Burke was born on January 12 , 1729 , in Dublin , and died on July 9 , 1797 , at his country home in Beaconsfield , England ...
Page 2
... Burke's mixed religious background was undoubt- edly an important factor in the interests and conduct of his public ... Burke attended Trinity College , Dublin , where he was a fellow student with Oliver Goldsmith . Burke re- ceived the ...
... Burke's mixed religious background was undoubt- edly an important factor in the interests and conduct of his public ... Burke attended Trinity College , Dublin , where he was a fellow student with Oliver Goldsmith . Burke re- ceived the ...
Page 3
... Burke acquired a substantial body of liberal knowledge and some literary skill , and laid the foundations of his future achievements in literature and politics . As a freshman at Trinity , in his reaction to his text in logic , Burke ...
... Burke acquired a substantial body of liberal knowledge and some literary skill , and laid the foundations of his future achievements in literature and politics . As a freshman at Trinity , in his reaction to his text in logic , Burke ...
Page 4
... Burke discovered that even more than in " the days of ignorance " his " en- lightened times " were addicted to an innovating furor logicus aimed at attaining mathematical accuracy in politics . II . Burke's Legal Erudition In 1748 ...
... Burke discovered that even more than in " the days of ignorance " his " en- lightened times " were addicted to an innovating furor logicus aimed at attaining mathematical accuracy in politics . II . Burke's Legal Erudition In 1748 ...
Page 5
... Burke once wrote that " much has been written by persons learned in the Roman law , par- ticularly in modern times . " Among the jurists who helped to form the Roman law Burke knew the work of Paulus and the Athenian , Callistratus ; he ...
... Burke once wrote that " much has been written by persons learned in the Roman law , par- ticularly in modern times . " Among the jurists who helped to form the Roman law Burke knew the work of Paulus and the Athenian , Callistratus ; he ...
Contents
1 | |
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 |
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 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abuse act of Parliament affairs amongst ancient Assembly authority body Britain British Catholics cause charter Christian Church Church of England ciples circumstances civil society clergy colonies commonwealth conduct consider consideration Constitution corruption court crown despotism doctrines Duke of Bedford duty East India Bill Edmund Burke effect election empire England English established evil faction favor France French Revolution gentlemen Hastings honor House of Commons human ideas institutions interest Ireland Jacobins justice king kingdom legislative liberty Lord mankind manner means members of Parliament ment mind ministers mode monarchy moral nation Natural Law never object opinion oppression Parliament party persons philosophy possession principles privileges Protestant Protestant ascendency prudence reason reform regard religion religious render revenue sort sovereign speculative Speech spirit sure things thought tion toleration true tyranny virtue Whigs whilst whole