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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... 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 comparative power of France for the present is little . But times ...
... 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 comparative power of France for the present is little . But times ...
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... opinion is to forget what is due to the honor and to the rights of all virtuous and legal government . I think the king of France to be as much an object both of policy and compassion as the Grand Seignior or his states . I do not ...
... opinion is to forget what is due to the honor and to the rights of all virtuous and legal government . I think the king of France to be as much an object both of policy and compassion as the Grand Seignior or his states . I do not ...
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... opinion , Sir , that the usurpers may , and that they will , gladly lay hold of any pretext to throw off the very name of a king : assuredly , I do not wish ill to your king ; but better for him not to live ( he does not reign ) than to ...
... opinion , Sir , that the usurpers may , and that they will , gladly lay hold of any pretext to throw off the very name of a king : assuredly , I do not wish ill to your king ; but better for him not to live ( he does not reign ) than to ...
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... opinion their insolence appears more odious even than their crimes . The horrors of the fifth and detestable than the festival There are situations ( God sixth of October were less of the fourteenth of July . forbid I should think that ...
... opinion their insolence appears more odious even than their crimes . The horrors of the fifth and detestable than the festival There are situations ( God sixth of October were less of the fourteenth of July . forbid I should think that ...
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... opinion , indicate , beyond a doubt , that no revolution whatso- ever in their disposition is to be expected : I mean their scheme of educating the rising generation , the principles which they intend to instil and the sympa thies OF ...
... opinion , indicate , beyond a doubt , that no revolution whatso- ever in their disposition is to be expected : I mean their scheme of educating the rising generation , the principles which they intend to instil and the sympa thies OF ...
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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