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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... France too , that the reigning usurp ers would not have carried their tyranny to such de- structive lengths , if they had not been stimulated and provoked to it by the acrimony of your opposi- tion . There is a dilemma to which every ...
... France too , that the reigning usurp ers would not have carried their tyranny to such de- structive lengths , if they had not been stimulated and provoked to it by the acrimony of your opposi- tion . There is a dilemma to which every ...
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... France , almost generally , have been taught to look for other resources than those which can be de- rived from order , frugality , and industry . They are generally armed ; and they are made to expect much from the use of arms . Nihil ...
... France , almost generally , have been taught to look for other resources than those which can be de- rived from order , frugality , and industry . They are generally armed ; and they are made to expect much from the use of arms . Nihil ...
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... France , in which they tell the people , with an insulting irony , that they have brought the Church to its primitive condition . In one respect their declaration is un- doubtedly true : for they have brought it to a state of poverty ...
... France , in which they tell the people , with an insulting irony , that they have brought the Church to its primitive condition . In one respect their declaration is un- doubtedly true : for they have brought it to a state of poverty ...
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... France , to fill the new episcopal thrones : men well versed in swear- ing ; and who will scruple no oath which the fertile genius of any of your reformers can devise . In matters so ridiculous it is hard to be grave . On a view of ...
... France , to fill the new episcopal thrones : men well versed in swear- ing ; and who will scruple no oath which the fertile genius of any of your reformers can devise . In matters so ridiculous it is hard to be grave . On a view of ...
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... France to swallow up the others . They ought not now , in my opinion , to suffer all the monarchies and commonwealths to be swallowed up in the gulf of this polluted anarchy . They may be tolerably safe at pres- ent , because the ...
... France to swallow up the others . They ought not now , in my opinion , to suffer all the monarchies and commonwealths to be swallowed up in the gulf of this polluted anarchy . They may be tolerably safe at pres- ent , because the ...
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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