The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a Series of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches; with a Summary of His LifeE. Moxon, 1845 - 426 Seiten |
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... period , recourse is not had to those thoughts of wisdom , and words of fire , which ema- nated in such rich profusion from this master - spirit of reason and eloquence . Yet , strange to say , the works of Edmund Burke are not ...
... period , recourse is not had to those thoughts of wisdom , and words of fire , which ema- nated in such rich profusion from this master - spirit of reason and eloquence . Yet , strange to say , the works of Edmund Burke are not ...
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... say five - under the discipline of a village schoolmaster . The memory of this period remained ever vivid in the mind of Burke ; a pleasing anecdote describes him revisiting the place in the days of b 3 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE , xiii.
... say five - under the discipline of a village schoolmaster . The memory of this period remained ever vivid in the mind of Burke ; a pleasing anecdote describes him revisiting the place in the days of b 3 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE , xiii.
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... period of his student life , he wrote much and frequently for the various periodicals of the day . His first avowed work , the " Vindication of Natural Society , " came out in 1756. This pamphlet may be termed a piece of philosophical ...
... period of his student life , he wrote much and frequently for the various periodicals of the day . His first avowed work , the " Vindication of Natural Society , " came out in 1756. This pamphlet may be termed a piece of philosophical ...
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... which he ever spoke of her , and the agony of care with which he watched over her during frequent periods of ill health , the result of her delicate constitution . In 1757 appeared , in two volumes octavo , " LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE . xvii.
... which he ever spoke of her , and the agony of care with which he watched over her during frequent periods of ill health , the result of her delicate constitution . In 1757 appeared , in two volumes octavo , " LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE . xvii.
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... period of learning and genius . In 1757 , Burke commenced his " Essay towards an Abridgement of English History ; " eight sheets were printed by Dodsley , but the work was thrown aside from some cause or other , probably because Hume ...
... period of learning and genius . In 1757 , Burke commenced his " Essay towards an Abridgement of English History ; " eight sheets were printed by Dodsley , but the work was thrown aside from some cause or other , probably because Hume ...
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Seite 149 - I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in ; glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy...
Seite 17 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Seite 48 - But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you not his industry only, but his judgment; which he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Seite 355 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Seite 47 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Seite 411 - We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.
Seite 410 - It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Seite 11 - A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Seite 351 - When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Seite 80 - Sir, I think you must perceive that I am resolved this day to have nothing at all to do with the question of the right of taxation. Some gentlemen startle, but it is true. I put it totally out of the question. It is less than nothing in my consideration.