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... India , and at home , he betrayed his love of liberty by defending the old regime in France , and in so doing was inconsistent with the political prin- ciples he had always professed . This charge of inconsistency shows an ignorance of ...
... India , and at home , he betrayed his love of liberty by defending the old regime in France , and in so doing was inconsistent with the political prin- ciples he had always professed . This charge of inconsistency shows an ignorance of ...
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... India , and the Jacobin tyranny in France . It was the cardinal error of Morley and the utilitarians , and even of Christians such as Lord Acton , that they interpreted Burke's pru- dence as identical with utilitarian expediency , which ...
... India , and the Jacobin tyranny in France . It was the cardinal error of Morley and the utilitarians , and even of Christians such as Lord Acton , that they interpreted Burke's pru- dence as identical with utilitarian expediency , which ...
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... Indian , and French affairs , up to the time of his death . His attacks on a priori reasoning in politics , his contempt for metaphysical abstrac- tions , his fear of " the contagion of project. 50 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
... Indian , and French affairs , up to the time of his death . His attacks on a priori reasoning in politics , his contempt for metaphysical abstrac- tions , his fear of " the contagion of project. 50 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
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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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