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... practicing the rituals of their faith , and had become the objects of derision of some rationalist freethinkers and wits , Burke placed his home at the disposal of the Hindus . Burke and his brother Richard were brought up in the Church ...
... practicing the rituals of their faith , and had become the objects of derision of some rationalist freethinkers and wits , Burke placed his home at the disposal of the Hindus . Burke and his brother Richard were brought up in the Church ...
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... practice . They are an example without fault of all the qualities which the critic , whether a theorist or an actor , of great political situations should strive by night and by day to possess . " Burke also fought for twenty - nine ...
... practice . They are an example without fault of all the qualities which the critic , whether a theorist or an actor , of great political situations should strive by night and by day to possess . " Burke also fought for twenty - nine ...
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Contents
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A Vindication of Natural Society 1756 | 47 |
An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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