Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... affairs of the American colonies , Ireland , England , India , and France . But before summarizing his active political career it is important briefly to note several points , often overlooked , con- cerning the relationship between ...
... affairs of the American colonies , Ireland , England , India , and France . But before summarizing his active political career it is important briefly to note several points , often overlooked , con- cerning the relationship between ...
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... affairs : " They compose the most perfect manual in our litera- ture or in any literature , for one who approaches the study of pub- lic affairs , whether for knowledge or for practice . They are an example without fault of all the ...
... affairs : " They compose the most perfect manual in our litera- ture or in any literature , for one who approaches the study of pub- lic affairs , whether for knowledge or for practice . They are an example without fault of all the ...
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... affairs . Burke's sympa- thetic position toward the American Revolution has in general met with the warm approval of posterity , but his intense opposition to the French Revolution has been the subject of intense controversy ever since ...
... affairs . Burke's sympa- thetic position toward the American Revolution has in general met with the warm approval of posterity , but his intense opposition to the French Revolution has been the subject of intense controversy ever since ...
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... Affairs ( 1791 ) , he called it " a revolution of doc- trine and theoretical dogma . " In a letter to his son , written in November 1792 , Burke called the Revolution " an event which has nothing to match it , or in the least to ...
... Affairs ( 1791 ) , he called it " a revolution of doc- trine and theoretical dogma . " In a letter to his son , written in November 1792 , Burke called the Revolution " an event which has nothing to match it , or in the least to ...
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... affairs had produced in Britain : " You , my dear Burke , by the exertion of your great powers , have carried three ... affairs , and in Thoughts on French Affairs ( 1791 ) , he wrote one of his most memorable passages accepting this ...
... affairs had produced in Britain : " You , my dear Burke , by the exertion of your great powers , have carried three ... affairs , and in Thoughts on French Affairs ( 1791 ) , he wrote one of his most memorable passages accepting this ...
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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