The Writings and Speeches of Edmund BurkeCosimo, Inc., 01.01.2008 - 504 Seiten 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 VII, readers will find: . Fragments from a variety of speeches given 1772-1792. Hints for an Essay on the Drama. An Abridgment of the English History in Three Books |
Inhalt
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR SHORTENING THE DURATION | 69 |
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE | 89 |
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL | 105 |
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MARRIAGE | 131 |
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL | 137 |
AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE ENGLISH | 157 |
Some Account of the Ancient Inhabitants of Britain | 170 |
BOOK II | 227 |
Reign of King Alfred | 261 |
Succession of Kings from Alfred to Harold | 269 |
Harold II Invasion of the Normans Account | 280 |
Of the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons | 291 |
BOOK III | 327 |
Reign of Henry II | 394 |
Reign of Richard I | 425 |
Reign of John | 437 |
Establishment of Christianity of Monastic Institu | 240 |
Series of AngloSaxon Kings from Ethelbert to | 255 |
Fragment An Essay towards an History of | 475 |
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The Writings & Speeches of Edmund Burke: Volume VII - Speeches in Parliament ... Edmund Burke Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2008 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 30 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Seite 43 - An alliance between church and state in a Christian commonwealth, is, in my opinion, an idle and a fanciful speculation. An alliance is between two things that are in their nature distinct and independent, such as between two sovereign states. But in a Christian commonwealth, the church and the state are one and the same thing, being different integral parts of the same whole.
Seite 35 - Christianity will indirectly suffer by this liberty, you have my free consent; go directly and by the straight way, and not by a circuit in which in your road you may destroy your friends : point your arms against these men, who do the mischief you fear promoting ; point your arms against men, who, not contented with...
Seite 41 - I NEVER govern myself, no rational man ever did govern himself, by abstractions and universals. I do not put abstract ideas wholly out of any question, because I well know that under that name I should dismiss principles ; and that without the guide and light of sound well-understood principles, all reasonings in politics, as in every thing else, would be only a confused jumble of particular facts and details, without the means of drawing out any sort of theoretical or practical conclusion.