The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke, Volumen4Cosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 508 páginas This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high position in Britain's Whig party, and he was active in public life. He supported limitations on the power of the monarch and believed that the British people should have a greater say in their government. In general, Burke spoke out against the persecutions perpetuated by the British Empire on its colonies, including America, Ireland, and India. Burke's speeches and writings influenced the great thinkers of his day, including America's Founding Fathers. In Volume IV, readers will find: . "Letter in Answer to Some Objections to His Book on French Affairs" . "Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs" . "Letter to a Peer of Ireland on the Penal Laws Against Irish Catholics" . "Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe, On the Subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland" . "Hunts for a Memorial to be Delivered to Monsieur De M.M." . "Thoughts on French Affairs" . "Heads for Consideration on the Present State of Affairs" . "Remarks on the Policy of the Allies With Respect to France" |
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... Constitution , you observe justly that they do not affect the sub- stance of my objections . Whether there be a round more or less in the ladder of representation by which your workmen ascend from their parochial tyranny to their ...
... Constitution , you observe justly that they do not affect the sub- stance of my objections . Whether there be a round more or less in the ladder of representation by which your workmen ascend from their parochial tyranny to their ...
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... constitution of man . Statesmen like your present rulers exist by everything which is spu- rious , fictitious , and false , by everything which takes the man from his house , and sets him on a stage , which makes him up an artificial ...
... constitution of man . Statesmen like your present rulers exist by everything which is spu- rious , fictitious , and false , by everything which takes the man from his house , and sets him on a stage , which makes him up an artificial ...
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... Constitution , will apply to my vindication with regard to the exposure I have made of the state of the army under the same sophistic usurpation . The present tyrants want no arguments to prove , what they must daily feel , that no good ...
... Constitution , will apply to my vindication with regard to the exposure I have made of the state of the army under the same sophistic usurpation . The present tyrants want no arguments to prove , what they must daily feel , that no good ...
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... . I certainly agree with you , that in all probability we owe our whole Constitution to the restoration of the English monarchy . The state of things from which Monk relieved England was , however , by no 36 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
... . I certainly agree with you , that in all probability we owe our whole Constitution to the restoration of the English monarchy . The state of things from which Monk relieved England was , however , by no 36 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
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... ought to assume some actual constitution of government which is to be reformed , —if they are not at length satisfied that it is become a necessary pre- liminary to liberty in France , to commence by the OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 41.
... ought to assume some actual constitution of government which is to be reformed , —if they are not at length satisfied that it is become a necessary pre- liminary to liberty in France , to commence by the OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 41.
Contenido
APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS | 57 |
LETTER TO A PEER OF IRELAND ON THE PENAL LAWS | 217 |
LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE ON THE SUBJECT | 241 |
HINTS FOR A MEMORIAL TO BE DELIVERED TO Monsieur | 307 |
THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS | 313 |
HEADS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE PRESENT STATE | 379 |
REMARKS ON THE POLOCY OF THE ALLIES WITH RESPECT | 403 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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