Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... French Revolution , which won most of the British nation , and much of Europe , to his inter- pretation of that event . VI . Burke And The French Revolution The French Revolution is without question one of the two or three most ...
... French Revolution , which won most of the British nation , and much of Europe , to his inter- pretation of that event . VI . Burke And The French Revolution The French Revolution is without question one of the two or three most ...
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... French Revolution or both . When Coleridge finally came to un- derstand him he stated that Burke's principles always remained the same . John Morley disposed of this charge as follows : " There is no difference in social spirit and ...
... French Revolution or both . When Coleridge finally came to un- derstand him he stated that Burke's principles always remained the same . John Morley disposed of this charge as follows : " There is no difference in social spirit and ...
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... French Revolution is that although undoubtedly his political prin- ciples were the same as ever , he did not know enough about the specific economic and social evils existing in France to apply his principles validly . Although he knew ...
... French Revolution is that although undoubtedly his political prin- ciples were the same as ever , he did not know enough about the specific economic and social evils existing in France to apply his principles validly . Although he knew ...
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... French Revolution were precisely the things Burke had always feared and opposed . The Revolution , he noted in the Reflections , involved primarily " a revolution in sentiments , manners , and moral opinions . " In his Thoughts on French ...
... French Revolution were precisely the things Burke had always feared and opposed . The Revolution , he noted in the Reflections , involved primarily " a revolution in sentiments , manners , and moral opinions . " In his Thoughts on French ...
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... French Rev- olution that it compelled Burke , against his will and temperament , to become a political philosopher in defense of the traditional prin- ciples of European civilized society . Undoubtedly , Burke achieved the most notable ...
... French Rev- olution that it compelled Burke , against his will and temperament , to become a political philosopher in defense of the traditional prin- ciples of European civilized society . Undoubtedly , Burke achieved the most notable ...
Contents
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A Vindication of Natural Society 1756 | 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 |
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