| 单词 | Edmund Burke |
| 例句 | After I’d been meeting with Professor Steinberg for a month, I wrote an essay comparing Edmund Burke with Publius, the persona under which James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay had written The Federalist Papers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France” is the simplest answer. Ben Sasse: By the Book 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Letters to potential patrons went unanswered, and he was penniless, starving and in despair, contemplating "a speedy end to a life so unpromisingly begun", when Edmund Burke came to the rescue. George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z For Edmund Burke, writing in the 18th century, the sublime was a terror “productive of the strongest emotion which the mind is capable of feeling.” Review: Elliott Carter Premiere and Levine Withdrawal With Met Chamber Ensemble 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Like Edmund Burke, who warned, “I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded,” Walt views America’s recurrent bouts of missionary zeal with consternation. A Foreign Policy Realist Challenges America’s Zeal for Intervention 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The 18th-century icon of modern conservatism, Edmund Burke, asserted that the lower classes should keep their place, but didn’t mention how they were being exploited. What Is a Conservative? And Other Letters to the Editor 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Any society, Edmund Burke wrote in Reflections on the Revolution in France, which destroys the fabric of its state must soon be "disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality". Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z Edmund Burke: founding father of the big society? Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman – review 2013-05-19T09:00:02Z The most prominent work of history’s most prominent conservative, Edmund Burke, was a reaction to the anger and hatred that swept France during the revolution. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z “Astonishment is that state of the soul in which all its motions are suspended with some degree of horror,” wrote Edmund Burke in his treatise on the sublime. Mutant bears, flying heads and chainsaw duels: the best movie moments of 2018 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In a treatise published in 1757, Edmund Burke, an Irish essayist and statesman, outlined the differences between the beautiful and the sublime. Looking for the Sublime? It’s in This Swiss Valley 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z I suppose it would have to be Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France.” Niall Ferguson: By the Book 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z For 20 years, starting in 1764, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Edward Gibbon and Adam Smith met regularly at the Turk’s Head tavern in London for conversation and conviviality. Review | ‘The Club’ spotlights the stars of 18th-century British culture — and invites some new members 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z But anyway, one of the quotes I took down was from Edmund Burke: ‘Evil happens when good men do nothing.’ “Newsroom” star Emily Mortimer: Americans are dangerously uninformed 2012-06-22T14:57:00Z Classical economists, starting with Adam Smith, had assumed that nine of every 10 people on the planet would continue to, as Edmund Burke wrote, "drudge through life." Sylvia Nasar's 'Grand Pursuit' devalued by errors 2011-09-07T20:10:05Z He quotes Edmund Burke, an 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher, as saying that Britain, far from being an island, was always part of Europe. Historians and Brexit 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But Robin’s book begins with Edmund Burke and conservative philosophy. Why Haven’t Conservative Thinkers Denounced Trump? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z I don’t know how Edmund Burke would classify the place, but the absence of electricity, running water and sewers — it’s some kind of profound. In California Desert, Father and Daughter Find the Sublime 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Edmund Burke c1780 … 'This rediscovery of Burke is a distinct political act to retrieve a dying party.' Book reviews roundup: Edmund Burke, Inferno and Five Days in May 2013-05-24T15:00:02Z Edmund Burke was both right and hard right. Andrew Sullivan on the War Within Conservatism and Why It Matters to All of Us 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z One thinks of Edmund Burke at such times. In California Desert, Father and Daughter Find the Sublime 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Over the centuries, Facts became such a prevalent part of most people's lives that Irish philosopher Edmund Burke once said: "Facts are to the mind what food is to the body." Facts, 360 B.C.-A.D. 2012 2012-04-20T21:47:00Z Tradition doesn’t need Edmund Burke until it’s been challenged. The Book That Predicted Trump 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Swift, of course, antedated Edmund Burke, whose conception of "great objects and terrible" gave birth to the Romantic notions of the psychologised sublime. Big on littleness 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z But anyway, one of the quotes I took down was from Edmund Burke: “Evil happens when good men do nothing.” “Anger Management”: Charlie Sheen’s crass comeback 2012-06-26T15:15:00Z Let me fall back on a statement written by Edmund Burke: Perspective | Ask Amy: Former stoner struggles with sobriety 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr Levin, borrowing from Edmund Burke, puts his faith in what he calls the “mediating institutions” that sit between families and the state: churches, unions, charities. Seeking a way forward 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z He quotes Edmund Burke, who wrote that devotion to the law “renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defense, full of resources.” Books of The Times: Jack Rakove?s ?Revolutionaries,? Founding Fathers 2010-05-30T21:07:00Z At 40, “the man on horseback”— Edmund Burke’s prophetic phrase — had conquered all of Western Europe. Review | Napoleon Bonaparte, gardener? Yes, says a new book, the dictator found solace in the natural world 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z It was awe, what Edmund Burke memorably defined as “tranquility shadowed with horror.” Turning Bridges Into Music 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The writers Jonathan Lethem and Ray Bradbury are “great,” as are the historian Gordon S. Wood and the political thinker Edmund Burke. Review: Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The Fourth Estate, as Edmund Burke dubbed the press in 1787, is now long gone from Fleet Street, leaving the thoroughfare void of journalists. Alone in the City: a Christmas Day walk around London 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Then Romantics such as Edmund Burke and Joseph Addison beheld it with "pleasing astonishment" as a manifestation of the sublime. Wish You Were Here: England On Sea by Travis Elborough 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z The classic example of such a figure is Edmund Burke, the Irish-British philosopher and parliamentarian who is generally considered the father of modern conservatism. The Book That Predicted Trump 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z More than gifted writers or tools of Western power, they understood what Edmund Burke understood when he launched his struggle against the French Revolution. The Plight of the Political Convert 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Edmund Burke believed that terror was the central ingredient of the sublime, an aesthetic notion prompted by extremes. Volcanic art 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z At a time of mass political rebellion and a flurry of pharisaic independent MPs, Edmund Burke seems an ideal role model: a backbencher for all ages. Freedom fighter 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z A more pragmatic conservative take was exemplified by a British lord, Edmund Burke. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Bentham, the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke also rejected the concept of popular sovereignty. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z “Remind our lawmakers of the words of the British statesman Edmund Burke: ‘All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.’” In Congress, little urgency to address gun violence with legislation 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “Remind our lawmakers of the words of Edmund Burke: ‘All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.’” Shooting Prompts a Shrug in Washington, as G.O.P. Rejects Pleas to Act 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In April, one month before Uvalde, a sniper fired hundreds of shots during dismissal at the Edmund Burke School in Washington, D.C. Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven’t stopped, and kill more people 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Edmund Burke and others looked at these revolutions, they saw an unnatural leveling. "The apocalyptic mindset is Republican orthodoxy at this point:" How paranoia consumed the GOP 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “The effect of liberty to individuals,” said Edmund Burke, “is that they may do what they please; we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.” Opinion | Why toxic politics thrives in an age of plenty 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Between his junior and senior years at the Edmund Burke School in the District, Noah attended the soccer camp, then went to the camp for talented high school artists. Perspective | Before he died, a young Takoma Park artist put his stamp on soccer art 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z In April, a sniper with 1,000 rounds of ammunition and six semiautomatic rifles fired from a fifth-floor window overlooking the Edmund Burke School in Washington, D.C. at dismissal. With months still to go, 2022 has already seen a record number of school shootings 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z On Monday, the second day of the National Conservatism conference here, conference organizer Yoram Hazony, chair of the Edmund Burke Foundation, called on conservatives, repeatedly, to "repent." “Without the Bible, there is no America”: Josh Hawley goes full Christian nationalist at NatCon 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z As the 18th-century political philosopher Edmund Burke said, the less control there is from within, the more there must be from without. Culture, progress and the future: Can the West survive its own myths? 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z She began her teaching career at the private Edmund Burke School in Washington, where she became a founding director of the middle school. 1912 Cleveland Park house lists for $2.6 million 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Edmund Burke would wince at the court’s radical ideological attempt to overthrow it. Perspective | When the court shrinks the administrative state, Congress loses power 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Now, the movement has formalized its ideas in a new manifesto, "National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles," released last week by the Edmund Burke Foundation. "National Conservative" manifesto: A plan for fascism — but it's not hypothetical 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Remaining aloof is the opposite of being an Edmund Burke conservative — the sort who, like that 18th-century politician and philosopher, understands that institutions must be nurtured and that rule by mobs is dangerous. Opinion | How many Rusty Bowers Republicans are out there? 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z My school, Edmund Burke School in D.C., counts among these. Opinion | It’s past time for a ban on assault weapons 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z “Back in the 18th century, Trinity was the university of the Irish Enlightenment,” he said, an alma mater to writers and thinkers like Edmund Burke, Oliver Goldsmith and Jonathan Swift. An Irish National Treasure Gets Set for a Long-Needed Restoration 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z She started her teaching career at Edmund Burke, then went to GWU, where for 12 years she was head of the English department. Community deaths 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Students and parents at the Edmund Burke School in Northwest Washington entered the school together for the first time since a gunman shot more than 200 bullets toward the campus on April 22. Edmund Burke School reopens for first time since shooting 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z They named the school after Edmund Burke, a British philosopher and politician who supported the American Revolution and opposed slavery. Before the shooting, Edmund Burke School felt nurturing and safe 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z On April 22, a shooting near the Edmund Burke School left four people shot, one of whom was a student at the school and only 12 years old. Opinion | Get ready. Gun violence is coming. 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Police are still trying to piece together the actions and motivations of Raymond Spencer, the suspected gunman who appears to have targeted the Edmund Burke School in the Van Ness neighborhood. Opinion | D.C. is lucky the Van Ness school shooting was not far bloodier 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Three adults and one child, the classmate of my son’s friend, were injured by bullets a sniper fired from an apartment filled with guns and ammunition across the street from Edmund Burke School. Perspective | Banning books to save kids? Please. Bullets are more dangerous. 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The day before, she wrote a public letter following the shooting at the Edmund Burke School in the Van Ness neighborhood connecting D.C.'s challenges with “the epidemic of gun violence in our country.” Dangerous, difficult week sharpens safety focus in D.C. mayor’s race 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The apartment that police are describing as a “sniper’s nest” overlooks Edmund Burke School in the 2900 block of Van Ness Street, which appears to have drawn the shooter’s attention at afternoon dismissal. Raymond Spencer left an online footprint after D.C. shooting 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Laila, a freshman at the Edmund Burke School who declined to share her last name, said she was walking from a CVS store toward the school when she heard the first round of shots. Suspect in Sniper-Style Shooting in Washington Kills Himself, Police Say 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Investigators say they believe he searched Wikipedia pages on the recent New York City subway attack and a Florida school shooting, and edited the Wikipedia page for the Edmund Burke School to include Friday’s shooting. Opinion | D.C. is lucky the Van Ness school shooting was not far bloodier 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z About 8 p.m., the first of several Metrobuses carrying Edmund Burke students arrived at the Cleveland Park Library to reunite with worried parents. Suspect in shooting that injured 4 found dead, officials say 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z She also, according to an obituary published in the Yale Daily News, “was known to hold an ironic tolerance for the writings of the British imperialists such as Rudyard Kipling and Edmund Burke.” Sara Suleri Goodyear, acclaimed Pakistani memoirist, dies at 68 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Patronage, Edmund Burke declared, is “the tribute which opulence owes to genius.” How the ‘Homeless Billionaire’ Became a Philosopher King 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In practice, the colonies were governed by their own elites instead of king or Parliament, an arrangement that parliamentary leader Edmund Burke later called “salutary neglect.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z As an aphorism attributed to Edmund Burke goes, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Opinion | Failure to face Putin now will only permit further atrocities and encroachment 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The chief described a “sniper-like setup” in the a fifth-floor apartment that overlooked the shooting scene outside the Edmund Burke School. Suspect in shooting that injured 4 found dead, officials say 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This political vision is not even the estranged, distant cousin of Edmund Burke or any other conservative. Opinion | The Jan. 6 committee is an organ of truth. Of course Trump Republicans are attacking it. 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Edmund Burke, the founding philosopher of modern conservatism, insisted that preserving what we value most can require, even demand, reform. Opinion | True conservatives should support filibuster reform 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z What Edmund Burke said of states is pertinent: “A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.” Opinion | Baseball is losing its entertainment value. It’s time to change the rules. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z It is comforting to present Buckley as a sort of Edmund Burke reborn, the intellectual gatekeeper of conservative decency standing against the barbarous mob. William F. Buckley and the Birchers: A myth, a history lesson and a moral 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z On a rooftop south of the Edmund Burke School, there appeared to be a police sharpshooter team with rifles and a spotter. Suspect in shooting that injured 4 found dead, officials say 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z To help reinvigorate our democratic civility and build back better our moral sanity, here are two on-target, simple yet sustaining, 18th-century admonitions from Irish statesman Edmund Burke: Opinion | Reinvigorate our democratic civility 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z I would like to hear the quote attributed to Edmund Burke at the impeachment trial: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Impeachment trial: Good men must act 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Led by Edmund Burke, the Hastings impeachment was repeatedly referenced during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and, critically, was conducted entirely after Hastings had left office. Opinion | The Senate can constitutionally hold an impeachment trial after Trump leaves office 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z We saw it as a set of ideas, advanced by thinkers such as Edmund Burke and Robert Nisbet, dedicated to preserving what is good in our institutions and traditions. Opinion | Biden reaches out. The GOP slaps him in the face. 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Monica Miracky, 64, who was a teacher and administrator at the private Edmund Burke School in Washington for 40 years, died July 23 at her home in the District. Community deaths 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z The term traces back to the 1790s, around the time that Edmund Burke, the famous philosopher, sounded the alarm against the French Revolution. Why COVID deniers and climate skeptics paint scientists as alarmist 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Lowell School, Field School and the Edmund Burke School received loans between $1 million and $2 million, according to the data. Elite private and charter schools across Washington got millions in PPP loans 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Statues of U.S. statesman Daniel Webster and Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke were also defaced. Twelve statues, memorials vandalized during National Mall rioting: National Park Service 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Edmund Burke, the Irish statesman and philosopher, once said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Opinion | William McRaven: If good men like Joe Maguire can’t speak the truth, we should be deeply afraid 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The conference was organized by the Edmund Burke Foundation based in the United States and other conservative intellectual and political groups. Nationalists in Rome cheer Brexit, honor Pope John Paul II 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Edmund Burke’s warning that “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” ought to ring in their ears. The Guardian view on Trump’s impeachment trial: the perils of outrageous immunity | Editorial 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z His chief prosecutor, the famous parliamentarian Edmund Burke, argued that Mr. Hastings’s actions violated the public trust even though they were not indictable. ‘Constitutional Nonsense’: Trump’s Impeachment Defense Defies Legal Consensus 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The argument for oligarchic control is the same argument that’s been made by “conservatives” through history, from Thomas Hobbes to Sir Edmund Burke to Warren Harding and Donald Trump: Will America’s billionaires start a second Civil War to protect their wealth and power? 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The Framers were following in the footsteps of British politician and political philosopher, Edmund Burke. Giuliani associates nabbed for alleged campaign crimes 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The first, famed conservative Edmund Burke, who wrote a 1757 essay about the sublime. Why go to the theater? It’s inconvenient. It can be uncomfortable. And here’s why I love it. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z But the sentiment attributed to Edmund Burke is right. Opinion | My father was wrong about Nazi Germany. I am right about America. 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z It would seem that the sentiment likely traces back to Edmund Burke, for whom it would be a perfect fit. The epitaph of the tea party 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The gathering was hosted by the Edmund Burke Foundation to discuss the return of nationalism in the West. Bolton touts NATO allies' $100B military spending spree after Trump push: ‘Unequaled triumph’ 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z One of the intellectual founders of conservatism, the 18th century Irish statesman Edmund Burke, watched across the English Channel as radicals dragged France toward national madness. Opinion | This month’s abortion laws are anything but conservative 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z He credits certain thinkers who get the Athens-Jerusalem balance right and help further Western greatness, among them, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Edmund Burke and, implicitly, himself. Review | A conservative prescription for modern social ills 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z “A great empire and little minds go ill together,” said Edmund Burke. Opinion | Trump boldly asserts that he has learned nothing these past two years 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z As a scholar of 18th-century English literature, Dr. Hart was guided by the orderly writing and minds of historian Edward Gibbon, essayist and lexicographer Samuel Johnson and political philosopher Edmund Burke. Jeffrey Hart, conservative stalwart who denounced modern-day GOP, dies at 88 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Edmund Burke, the 18th-century Irish philosopher, argued that an elected leader’s duty required both listening to constituents and putting his or her “mature judgment” ahead of their whims. When More Democracy Isn’t More Democratic 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Author of a celebrated biography of Edmund Burke, Mr Norman not only explains Smith’s writings, which ranged from astronomy to colonialism, but also shows that they are still relevant today. Rescuing Adam Smith from myth and misrepresentation 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z As Edmund Burke, one of the founders of modern conservative thought, famously put it: Experts explain why Trump loyalists refuse to accept that their idol is compromised 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z These figures included more conservative thinkers such as David Hume, Adam Smith and Edmund Burke. The Dark Side of the Enlightenment 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Thomas Paine said of Edmund Burke, the icon of modern conservatism who loved to spout moral injunctions, “It is power, and not principles, that Mr. Burke venerates.” Opinion | The wrong kind of conservatism is flourishing 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z They claimed to be the intellectual heirs of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley Jr. Now those same politicians debase themselves daily in service to Trump. Opinion | Even now, Republicans are ignoring the storm clouds 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z As Edmund Burke so wisely wrote, “people will not look forwards to posterity who do not look backwards to their ancestors”. Brexit is a 'nationalist spasm': Adonis resigns as infrastructure tsar 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Her daughter put up a famous quote commonly attributed to the Irish philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke. A teen is charged with killing his girlfriend’s parents. They had worried he was a neo-Nazi. 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z In 2002, she retired after 17 years at Edmund Burke School. Washington-area obituaries of note 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z It may sound ridiculous to invoke James Madison or Edmund Burke when we talk about this president, but that is part of the problem. Opinion | The President’s Self-Destructive Disruption 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The 26-year-old New Yorker knows his history—and is, despite Edmund Burke’s long ago admonition, well on his way to repeating it. John Daly can’t make a charge, but another American does in Denmark - Golf Digest 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z When asked about the badges, Joel's rep gave the Associated Press a famous quote from Irish statesman Edmund Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Billy Joel wears Star of David badges, mocks fired Trump advisors at Madison Square Garden 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Edmund Burke answered that life is not only a matter of adaptations to the environment, but also of the knowledge we inherit from culture. Trump is ushering in a dark new conservatism | Timothy Snyder 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z These days, we are more likely to reach for a line sometimes attributed to the philosopher Edmund Burke: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Should I speak up when I see something offensive or false on social media? 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Even Edmund Burke, we were told, was no more drawn to Rockingham by ideology than Tom Hagen was drawn to the Corleone family because he shared Vito’s views on urban governance. We Could Have Been Canada 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z What, exactly, did Edmund Burke say about catfish inspections? Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z It also included British statesman Edmund Burke’s oft-quoted call to action, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Pop musicians sound off on Trump's ban on some U.S. entries 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z More pertinent than ideology, I thought, was the work of a political philosopher, Edmund Burke. What Trump Got That Romney Didn’t 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Edmund Burke, scrutinizing support for the French Revolution, had seen connections with sinister “literary caballers, and intriguing philosophers, with political theologians and theological politicians.” Rise of the Reactionary 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z In his report, he cited a 1775 speech by Edmund Burke: “All government — indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act — is founded on compromise.” In Queens, Seceding From the Homeless Crisis 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Mrs. De Quincey soon moved the family to Bath, the “fine and striking” spa town where Jane Austen set “Northanger Abbey,” and rented a prominent house whose most recent occupant had been Edmund Burke. The Man Who Invented the Drug Memoir 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z For a society to work, Edmund Burke wrote, its people must recognize what it is that they have in common. Baseball will never have another Vin Scully 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z British philosopher Edmund Burke said “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Colin Kaepernick’s point in sitting during anthem deserves consideration 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Conservatives can be reformers, as the granddaddy of conservative thinking, 18th Century Irishman Edmund Burke made clear. Democrats Try on the Conservative Mantle Shed by the GOP 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z But the better English tradition comes from Edmund Burke, who knew something about the virtues of caution and continuity in political life. Of Trumpkins and Brexiteers 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z When the French descended into regicide and then terror, the philosopher Edmund Burke shook his head and later wrote approvingly of his compatriots’ aversion to “pure reason” and “abstract” principles. The improbable revolutionaries 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The 18th century statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke, for example, spoke of a “Commonwealth of Europe”, long before the British Commonwealth of Nations was even thought of. Britain and Europe Have a Long History of Conflict and Cooperation 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Edmund Burke beat defending champion Covenant Life, 6-4, to capture its fourth Potomac Valley Athletic Conference title at Good Counsel in Olney. Freshmen lead Flint Hill softball to first ISL AA championship 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Conservatives have always been partial to a little madness and a little mayhem, as their founding father, Edmund Burke, came to realize when he took up battle against the French Revolution. This is why the right hates Donald Trump: He doesn’t question their core beliefs, but they still see the danger 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Oppenheimer’s heretics aren’t conservatives at all, in the spirit of Edmund Burke or Russell Kirk. Why Leftists Go Right 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Conservatives certainly do not have to “acquiesce” to every liberal reform, wrote the political theorist Greg Weiner, an admirer of the first conservative, Edmund Burke. Republican self-destruction is fun to watch, but bad for us all 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z I’d note that for those who admire the conservative philosopher-statesman Edmund Burke, this sounds radically at odds with his frequent counsel of restraint and respect for history. Palin and the GOP’s Uncertain Trumpeters 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z ‘Terror is passion,’ observed the great 18th century social thinker Sir Edmund Burke ‘that always produces delight when it does not press too close.’ Letter from a serial killer: Charles Severance attacks a slain TV reporter, gays, Jews 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Numerous readers quoted the founding fathers as well as 18th century political philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Edmund Burke on the issue. For Readers of The Times, a Preference for Keeping Liberties in Days of Terror 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z A first edition copy of The Wealth of Nations, addressed to Edmund Burke by Adam Smith himself. 13 Amazing Historical Artifacts From the Time Inc. Archives 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Which of these responses is “conservative”? The father of modern conservatism is Edmund Burke, the eighteenth-century British political philosopher who was deeply suspicious of radicals of any stripe. When Donald Trump Met Edmund Burke 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z If David Hume, Edmund Burke, and Michael Oakeshott could agree on anything, for example, it would be that we cannot remake society according to our rational blueprints drawn up by idealistic academics. Let’s call them conservatives in name only: Here’s how we expose the Ted Cruz/Donald Trump fraud 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z As Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Hollywood Diversity Is a Special Effect 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Damian Jones’s job interview at the District’s Edmund Burke School went pretty well — he got the offer and started as headmaster in 2014. Dogs in classrooms? At these private schools, pets are all over the place. 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Rather than watch an hour of accomplished performance, Naharin would prefer to see five seconds of something sublime — that indefinable quality described by the thinker Edmund Burke as ‘‘delightful horror.’’ Going Gaga for Ohad Naharin 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Edmund Burke wrote that slavery “grows on every soil.” A British Milestone in the Fight for Freedom 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z His brother introduced him to Freud, and taught him why Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was superior to Edmund Burke’s conservatism. Bernie Sanders’s ‘100% Brooklyn’ Roots Show Beyond His Accent 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z They are clearly unaware that members of the far right don’t follow the philosophy of Edmund Burke. We must take Donald Trump seriously: Enough of the “F**kface von ClownStick” 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Bach was his muse as much as Edmund Burke. William F. Buckley would have loathed Fox News: Inside the right-wing media’s intellectual downfall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z But as Edmund Burke observed, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Holocaust lessons for today 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z But he shared with Edmund Burke, often seen as the founder of modern conservatism, a skepticism about grand schemes for “wholesale social transformation” and a belief in limits. Why we miss the unpolarizing Pat Moynihan 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The political philosopher Edmund Burke saw the same thing. Ayn Rand Never Built A Company 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Edmund Burke would roll over in his grave. Conservatives in Name Only 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z To paraphrase the 18th-century philosopher Edmund Burke, the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. Mr. Obama’s new challenges But as Edmund Burke once wrote, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” By Shedding Her Shame And Keeping Her Name, Monica Lewinsky Reclaimed Her Place In The World 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Edmund Burke said all that is need for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing. Connected Feminism Shows A Muscular Commitment To Change - And Civil Rights 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The 18th century Irish philosopher Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Small business: The best boots on the ground 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z “Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom,” wrote Edmund Burke, and his warning is likely to set the pattern for the UK government’s response, whatever the outcome of the vote. Yes or no, things could get nasty after the Scottish referendum 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Was "Ignore Hitler" a comment on Edmund Burke's statement that "all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing?" How to create a successful meme 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z And that noise you're hearing is the ghost of Edmund Burke cheering. Net neutrality is dead – welcome to the age of digital discrimination 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The political philosopher Edmund Burke shaped the UK politics of today, said his biographer who is also a Conservative MP. VIDEO: How Burke shaped modern politics - MP 2014-03-21T01:34:22Z In the age of Obama, Google, the Tea Party and so on, do you see yourself as a conservative, or having a relationship to the tradition of Edmund Burke? Richard Rodriguez: “New Atheism has a distinctly neo-colonial aspect” 2013-12-15T16:00:00Z Jobs and his team excelled at creating beautiful objects, in Edmund Burke’s sense. New Bay Bridge Is All Yawn And No Awe: Bring Back The American Technological Sublime 2013-09-03T23:43:00Z I ask if "Ignore Hitler" was a comment on Edmund Burke's statement that "all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"? Michael ponders for a while. How to create a successful meme 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z A progressive Irish MP, Edmund Burke, was horrified by events on the other side of the Channel - and in his response to the revolution, you can detect the beginnings of modern British conservatism. The changing face of conservatism 2013-09-02T01:28:06Z Mr Bennett was quoted as saying by the Jerusalem Post, apparently paraphrasing Edmund Burke. Livni urges Israel support for talks 2013-07-31T13:29:58Z The notion of "economy of truth" was coined by the statesman Edmund Burke as far back as 1796. The 10 most scandalous euphemisms 2013-05-14T23:36:30Z Commencement is less than a month away and, like his classmates at Edmund Burke School, senior Romy Hernandez is scrambling to finish his coursework. Burke School’s Romy Hernandez playing for El Salvador’s Under-20 World Cup team 2013-05-09T20:15:46Z This isn't a new or novel idea, but a widely accepted one that has been around since at least Edmund Burke in the 1700s. The Wearable Doctor and 9 Other Innovations Changing Our World 2013-03-18T00:35:28Z Like Edmund Burke, I believe leaders owe the people they represent their best judgment. Sen. Richard Lugar?s searing concession statement ? read it here 2012-05-09T15:00:27Z He let him quote Pope and Wharton and Edmund Burke, and smiled the blandest concurrence with what was irritating him almost to fever. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z He belonged to several literary and social clubs, and was a lifelong and devoted friend to such men as Edmund Burke, Johnson, and Goldsmith. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Edmund Burke was the man who, more than any other, held England back from revolution in 1792. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The "Pall Mall Gazette" found his picture well painted in Lord Macaulay's analysis of the motives which influenced Edmund Burke, when he flung his soul into the impeachment of Warren Hastings. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Thus we speak of the extraordinary capacity of such men as Lord Bacon, Blaise Pascal, and Edmund Burke. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I have spoken of Edmund Burke, than whom, no man could afford a stronger contrast to Sheridan. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The great commoners William Pitt and Edmund Burke were our stanch friends. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Sir Joshua Reynolds sat up all night to read it, as did Edmund Burke, who came next to Johnson in Miss Burney’s esteem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z But then Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmund Burke, Dr. Johnson, and David Garrick gave evidence to character, representing Baretti as “a man of benevolence, sobriety, modesty, and learning.” The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Of course, there's the great line from Edmund Burke: "Those who do not know history are destined to repeat it." Reuters Magazine: McLean: Faith-based economic theory 2012-01-25T20:45:16Z But it is equally true, that while the English language is read, the speeches and writings of Edmund Burke will be classed with the richest treasures of the statesman, the philosopher, and the scholar. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Original Letters of Edmund Burke, relative to his office of Paymaster General; 2. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z He had but eightpence in the world when he wrote to Edmund Burke, and himself left the letter at that eminent statesman’s house in Charles Street. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Edmund Burke, who now commenced his series of splendid orations in favor of America, denounced the whole scheme as essentially wicked and unjust, because it punished the innocent with the guilty. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Judge McCue says, "his conception of a great subject and mode of expression were as clear, distinct and demonstrative as were those of Edmund Burke." Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z Edmund Burke's "Reflexions on the Revolution in France" appeared about November 1, 1790 Paine was staying at the Angel inn, Islington, and there immediately began his reply. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z Gregories, in this parish, was the seat of the celebrated Edmund Burke, who, for critical taste and brilliancy of language, will ever be ranked amongst the most fascinating of English writers. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z July 8th.—Death of Edmund Burke, aged sixty-eight. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Edmund Burke could not recollect that so many Privy Councillors had ever attended a meeting of the Council before. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z From what I know, and have heard of him, his conception of a great subject and mode of expression were as clear, distinct and demonstrative as that of Edmund Burke. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z He begins the siege, which Bradlaugh was to carry forward in a later time, against the corrupt Pension List, introducing it with his promised exposure of Edmund Burke. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z His company was sought for by all The celebrated Edmund Burke. who could make the slightest pretension to kindred genius. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z This was Edmund Burke, afterwards Bishop of Zion, and first Vicar-Apostolic of Nova Scotia, but whose name shines not less in the annals of his church because of his zeal as missionary in Upper Canada. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Edmund Burke used to say, that this examination of Dr. Franklin before the ministers, always put him in mind of a "Master examined before a parcel of school-boys." The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z He made a great impression on me as a youth and I never knew any man who had more of what Edmund Burke styled the "chastity of honor, which felt a stain like a wound." Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z The great Edmund Burke exhausted against it all his unrivalled powers of rhetoric. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z As propagandist for legislative freedom, Franklin, appealing for sanction to legalistic and constitutional liberty more than to natural rights, was no more radical than Edmund Burke. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Brodsky also sought to sway creditors with a quote from British philosopher Edmund Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Tribune puts spotlight on hedge fund battler 2011-03-07T18:28:28Z "They 'll just treat you the way they did Edmund Burke," he says; and though I'm not aware how that was, I am quite satisfied that it was a rascally shame! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z It would be well for the world could we bring back something of that age of chivalry which Edmund Burke regretted so eloquently. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z As Edmund Burke said, "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter." Real leaders don't bust unions 2011-02-28T14:01:00Z Manners," says the eloquent Edmund Burke, "are of more importance than laws. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Edmund Burke's house, also in Gerrard Street, is a beer-shop; but his memory hallows the place, and an inscription upon it proudly announces that here he lived. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Two grandchildren have come to brighten our lives, DeEtte Bell Smith and Edmund Burke Smith. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z In the early part of that period Liberalism existed only among the body headed by Lord Rockingham, of whom Edmund Burke was the brains and the tongue. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Edmund Burke, or somebody else, said "Something must be pardoned to the spirit of liberty." Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Barack Obama name-checked Edmund Burke one day and Brooks fell in love. Barack Obama's favorite columnists are awful 2010-10-26T15:20:00Z “Edmund Burke said the essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws,” he said. 2010-02-16T04:03:00Z He was an active member on the Committee of Foreign Relations that wisely selected Edmund Burke to represent the interests of the Colony in the British Parliament. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Next to that of Edmund Burke, Grattan's is the greatest name on the roll of native-born Irishmen. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland The highly eulogistic epitaph on his monument at Bushley was written by Edmund Burke. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" At ten minutes to eleven next morning he had in his hands that memoir which Lord C. said embodied the prophetic wisdom of Edmund Burke with the practical statesmanship of the great Commoner. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance From letters of George Crabbe, a poet of some note in his century, asking Edmund Burke to become his patron, something of his story may be known. The Book of Courage Everywhere he was refused, but at length a letter which reached Edmund Burke in March 1781 led to the careful consideration on the part of that great man of Crabbe’s many manuscripts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" And then they wonder that Mr. George has replaced Sir Roger de Coverley, and that Joseph Chamberlain's voice is heard instead of Edmund Burke's. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June No one has set them forth more cogently, and in particular no one has more earnestly dwelt on the necessity for the latter side, than the most profound thinker among British statesmen, Edmund Burke. Studies in Contemporary Biography The Beauties of the late Right Honorable Edmund Burke, selected from his Writings, &c. alphabetically arranged, including several celebrated Political Characters, drawn by himself, and his own Character by different Hands. The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts The artist could admire the piece profoundly, but still not more sincerely than Edmund Burke, the statesman and the orator. Oliver Goldsmith Edmund Burke once said, “We must pardon something to the spirit of liberty.” The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia “A Constitution formed so as to enable a party to overrule its very government, and to overpower the people too, answers the purpose neither of government nor of freedom”—Edmund Burke. The Disfranchisement of the Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 6 Even the coarse violence of Buchanan and Boucher was a link in the chain of tradition that connects the Hildebrandine controversy with the Long Parliament, and St. Thomas with Edmund Burke. The History of Freedom "If, like children," says Edmund Burke, "we will cry for the moon, why, like children, we must—cry on." Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Edmund Burke, a host in himself, headed the opposition in parliament. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series The sixth is Edmund Burke—against whom we put Thomas Paine, or, if that will not do, Lord Bolingbroke. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) "Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young men," declared Edmund Burke, "and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation." Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association "No wise or honest man," wrote Edmund Burke, "can approve of that partition, or can contemplate it without prognosticating great mischief from it to all countries at some future time." The History of Freedom They are political in their immediate purpose, but, like the speeches of Edmund Burke, they are no less literature because they are concerned with the common needs and the common destiny. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Similar circumstances had occurred in the career of the celebrated Edmund Burke, who was at two different periods on the point of leaving England for America, in despair of distinction at home. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 The College is living on Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke," Galway said, and added, "It's like a maiden lady in a suburb giving herself airs because her great-grandfather knew somebody who was great. Changing Winds A Novel I make this appeal in the language of Edmund Burke, in his great plea for conciliation with America, when he reminded his hearers that "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom." Morals of Economic Internationalism Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant of England, in an eloquent address, said: I stand here as the grandniece of one of the greatest orators and clearest and wisest statesmen that Europe has known, Edmund Burke. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV It has over two hundred thousand population, and in past times had the honor of being represented in Parliament by Edmund Burke. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel It would be folly to attempt to read the speeches of Edmund Burke or the political writings of Swift without historical introduction and comment. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Sir Joshua Reynolds," wrote Edmund Burke six years after the painter's death, "was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. Six Centuries of Painting Edmund Burke, an illustrious orator, statesman, and philanthropist. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose We may be assured, at least, that one read him through; and that one was Edmund Burke. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Edmund Burke was the first to understand his purpose and appreciate his work. Imaginary Interviews This volume attempts to relate the biography of Edmund Burke as a private person and a public character in an easily intelligible shape. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid Among many valuable presents were twelve volumes of Edmund Burke from Miss A. L. Forbes, who wished to testify her appreciation of the event by deeds rather than words. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Edmund Burke had sat through the night to finish it. Highways and Byways in Surrey Mrs. Stanton made a special appeal to Irishmen, quoting to them the lofty sentiments of Edmund Burke on human liberty. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The gratitude American's feel toward Edmund Burke for his aid, might well be extended to Mrs. Macaulay. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Amongst other Templars of the eighteenth century, with whose names the literature of their time is inseparably associated, were Henry Fielding, Henry Brooke, Oliver Goldsmith, and Edmund Burke. A Book About Lawyers Edmund Burke arose a little after four, and is speaking yet. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 And as Edmund Burke was the last survivor of the family, the inference drawn by the writer, that they were destroyed by him, seems, on the grounds which he advances, a most reasonable one. Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The most significant instance of the action of America on Europe is Edmund Burke. Lectures on the French Revolution At this period he also produced the painting which first brought him into public notice, and gained him the acquaintance and patronage of Edmund Burke. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" He became acquainted with Edmund Burke while in London. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader In fact, if Edmund Burke himself, who exceeded all mankind in the quickness and elegance of complimentary replies, had been considering the matter a whole hour, he could not have uttered anything to surpass it. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Edmund Burke, the great British politician, and one of the greatest political philosophers that ever lived, was born at Dublin, January 1, 1730, as son of a petty attorney. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History As early as 1769, in his first political publication, their one philosophic thinker, Edmund Burke, had met a proposal to enlarge the number of constituents by a counter-proposal to lessen them. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 Emboldened by success, he embarked upon a wholesale manufacture of spurious letters bearing the signatures of Burns, Edmund Burke, Sir Walter Scott, Grattan and Thackeray. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents At this moment Rockingham was in great measure guided by the counsels of his secretary, Edmund Burke. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 A few days later Edmund Burke made his first speech in parliament, recommending the house to receive a petition from the colonies, and was at once recognised as a new power. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration First among them in character and genius was Edmund Burke. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Edmund Burke said to Fox, in the English Parliament: 'Obloquy is a necessary ingredient of all true glory. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Edmund Burke filled this office for the assembly of New York, with a salary of £500. The History of Tasmania, Volume I But someone remarked that his speaking lacked dignity and weight; so he loaded himself with the works of Edmund Burke; and now he discusses the smallest subject with a ponderosity suited to the largest. Days Off And Other Digressions But, like Edmund Burke, I register my conduct by another table and by its final result. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Tall, handsome, with hair black as the raven's wing, and eyes that looked away off into space, dreamy and unconcerned, was Edmund Burke at twenty. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Not so, said Edmund Burke, who gave the matter an unlooked-for publicity by denouncing the Hessians as "hired assassins." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen It would scarcely be exaggeration to say that the history of England during the middle third of the eighteenth century is largely the history of the career of Edmund Burke. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III "You cannot hang an entire nation," said Edmund Burke. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon —Edmund Burke What effect would the solemnity of the occasion and the gravity of the accusation have on the Quality of the speaker's voice? The Ontario High School Reader But if the young man still pursued his desultory reading and scribbling on irrelevant themes, why then the remittances were to be withdrawn and Edmund Burke, being twenty-one years of age, could sink or swim. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators It was Edmund Burke who said, "The Irish are all right, but you must catch them young." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Of no man can this theory be said to be more happily true than of Edmund Burke. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III William Radcliffe, the husband of the authoress of 'The Mysteries of Udolfo,' edited the Englishman, a paper to which Edmund Burke contributed, and subsequently the English Chronicle and the Morning Herald. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Barry was not the only artist who profited by Edmund Burke's liberality. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Life to Edmund Burke was the gracious gift of the gods, and he was grateful for it. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators As Edmund Burke said years ago, "It is impossible to indict a nation," but my experience does not lead me to believe that the Bulgarians are a grateful people. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile He was standing on the threshold of his new career in the year when Edmund Burke entered Parliament. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III The first great fact to remember is that the Edmund Burke we are all agreed in regarding as one of the proudest memories of the House of Commons was an Irishman. Obiter Dicta Second Series There is a full-length portrait of Edmund Burke in the Examination Hall of the Dublin University. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 When Edmund Burke was born at Dublin in the year Seventeen Hundred Twenty-nine, that famous city was at its flood-tide of prosperity. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators To explain this process, and to transfigure it in the pure light of imagination, was the work of the great poet-politician, Edmund Burke. Milton In this strait, he wrote to the great statesman, Edmund Burke; and, while the answer was coming, he walked all night up and down Westminster Bridge. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 And fourth, the offender was Edmund Burke, whom Johnson loved from the first day he set eyes upon him to their last sad parting by the waters of death. Obiter Dicta Second Series Edmund Burke became a husband, and also continued a lover—and once presented to his ladylove, on the anniversary of their marriage, his idea of "a perfect wife." The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 A political break-up with opportunity came along, and we find the Marquis of Rockingham made Premier, and Edmund Burke his secretary. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators In 1776 the Dean and Chapter of Westminster ordered that the gatehouse should be pulled down, but one wall, adjoining the house once inhabited by Edmund Burke, was still standing in 1836. Westminster The Fascination of London Edmund Burke, speaking on Economic Reform, quoted from Cicero: "Magnum vectigal est parsimonia," accenting the second word on the first syllable. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power The great Lord Chatham and the famous Mr Edmund Burke had pleaded the cause of the patriots with all the mighty eloquence they possessed; but without altering the resolution of the King or the Government. Hurricane Hurry Edmund Burke.—Can any of your correspondents tell me when and where he was married? Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. London, March 22, 1775.—Conciliation as a means of allaying the present discontent in the American colonies was advocated in the House of Commons to-day by Mr. Edmund Burke. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School I cannot give you a better summing up of my hero’s character than in the words of the great Edmund Burke. Amos Huntingdon Irritable tempers have marred the reputation of many a great man, as in the case of Edmund Burke and of Thomas Carlyle. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power American slave-holders were urging the abolition of the traffic while London merchants were using every effort to continue it, and while Bristol, the very headquarters of the trade, was represented in Parliament by Edmund Burke. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Edmund Burke was the appointed agent of the province of New York, and no member of the House of Commons equalled him in the eloquent and elaborate advocacy of the popular rights of the colonies. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Undemocratic Character at the Opening of the Nineteenth Century.—"The virtue, the spirit, the essence of the House of Commons," once declared Edmund Burke, "consists in its being the express image of the nation." The Governments of Europe Edmund Burke, the greatest of English statesmen, was especially happy in his marriage. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success No man had a better heart or more thoroughly hated oppression than Edmund Burke. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune There is no figure in English political history for which I at least entertain a greater reverence than Edmund Burke. Historical and Political Essays The first of the Agricultural Reports was issued by Edmund Burke, while he was commissioner of Patents during the Polk Administration. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis While posed for this, he was introduced as a pupil of Sir Joshua's to Mr. Edmund Burke, and turned to look at that statesman. Art in England Notes and Studies A brother of the great orator, Edmund Burke, after listening to one of those eloquent appeals in Parliament, being noticed as employed in deep thought, was asked of whom he was musing. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Adversity is a severe instructor," says Edmund Burke, "set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves, as He loves us better too. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune The great length of the Hastings trial, and especially the participation of Edmund Burke as original accuser and chief manager, have given it an extraneous importance to students of English history and law. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Like that other great Irishman, Edmund Burke, Grattan was opposed to the spirit of the French Revolution. Home Rule Second Edition The Speeches of Edmund Burke, in the House of Commons and Westminster Hall, were published in 4 vols., Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Nor did Edmund Burke have any such meaning when he said, in his celebrated speech in Parliament, in 1775, "The people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen." The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Edmund Burke was one of the most prodigious workers that ever lived. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune But then Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmund Burke, Dr. Johnson, and David Garrick gave evidence to character, representing Baretti as 'a man of benevolence, sobriety, modesty, and learning.' George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Before condemning Mr. Giles too severely the words of Edmund Burke may well be recalled: "Party divisions, whether upon the whole operating for the best, are things inseparable from free Government." Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective He was educated at Ballitore, in Ireland, where Edmund Burke was one of his schoolfellows, studied medicine at Edinburgh, and finally graduated at Leiden in 1745. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Why Mr. Hussey's Application Was Late When he again applied, and not "until near the time the patent would run out," Edmund Burke was Commissioner of Patents. Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap At Bristol in 1774 a wonderfully fine tea and coffee set was made for Edmund Burke, the renowned English orator. The Story of Porcelain Turning from the Bank we face the University, in front of which stand fine bronze statues of its distinguished sons, Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway They were honorable men, as the world goes, but not one of them, except Edmund Burke, ever acknowledged his indebtedness to Samuel Johnson. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 The great statesman and political writer, Edmund Burke, was the inventor of many of our commonest words relating to politics. Stories That Words Tell Us He suggested to Dr. Johnson the scheme of writing an English Dictionary, and also, in conjunction with Edmund Burke, commenced the "Annual Register." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 They were regarded as outlaws and outcasts, nearly as Bacon regarded the Spaniards and Edmund Burke the Turks. Lectures on Modern history Another crisis came in Westminster Hall, in London, when Edmund Burke made his plea for the millions of outraged folk in India pillaged by Warren Hastings. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict "Absolute monarchy," Edmund Burke said at the time, "breathed its last without a struggle." Our Day In the Light of Prophecy Edmund Burke recommended debate as one of the best means for developing facility and power in public speaking. Successful Methods of Public Speaking Deceived by the reports from their missionaries, little worthy of belief, and led astray by a sentimental love for primitive man, 'The Aborigines Protection Societies,' so drastically exposed by Edmund Burke, saw their opportunity. Boer Politics The remainder is preserved in manuscript, and contains, in all, about two hundred and fifty speeches of Edmund Burke. Lectures on Modern history "The senses," says Edmund Burke, "are unworn and tender, and the whole frame is awake in every part." The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future An able and polished writer, discussing the character of Edmund Burke, remarks: "The passions of Burke were strong; this is attributable in great measure to the intensity of the imaginative faculty". Practical Essays Edmund Burke in 1775 tried to prevent Great Britain from using coercive measures against the restive American colonies. Public Speaking David Hume came forward as a candidate, and there is an erroneous, though curiously well-supported tradition that Edmund Burke was a candidate also. Life of Adam Smith Among the Whigs, who were a failing and discredited party, there were men who already knew the policy by which since then the empire has been reared—Adam Smith, Dean Tucker, Edmund Burke. Lectures on Modern history Pitt and Edmund Burke, the former near the close of his career, the latter just beginning his, argued cogently in favor of retracing the steps taken the year before. History of the United States The 'Practical View' is strong enough food for the general reader, while at the same time its unpretentious earnestness disarmed the criticism and won the hearts of men of genius like Edmund Burke. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century One of the orators best known to readers is Edmund Burke, whose speeches are studied as models of argumentative arrangement and style. Public Speaking Edmund Burke, 1730-1797, one of the most able and brilliant of England's essayists, orators, and statesmen, was born in Dublin, and was the son of an able lawyer. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Edmund Burke, a friend to both sides, was justified in saying that "never did British valour shine more conspicuously, nor did our ships in an engagement of the same nature experience so serious an encounter." The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence If any one is bewildered by the controversies of modern historians as to why the crisis came at last, he can clarify his understanding by reading again Edmund Burke's stately oration, On Conciliation with America. History of the United States There were also many lucrative offices then in existence which have since disappeared under the labors of those economical reformers of whom Edmund Burke was the first in every respect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Edmund Burke, in his great speech on conciliation with the American colonies, related that some time before, a friend had urged him to speak upon this matter, but he had hesitated. Public Speaking The trade was pushed with such daring and enterprise that Edmund Burke was moved to eulogize its followers in an eloquent speech in the British House of Commons. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The same week Jack was invited to breakfast with Mr. Edmund Burke and Doctor Franklin. In the Days of Poor Richard England, Edmund Burke led the fight against the new French principles which he feared might spread to all Europe. History of the United States Indeed, as Edmund Burke has said, she made 'an attempt to keep as a lair of wild beasts that earth which God, by an express charter, had given to the children of men.' The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war They are instinctively seized of the truth of Edmund Burke's maxim, "Innovation is not improvement." New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 Edmund Burke, 1730-1797: he was born in Dublin, and educated at Trinity College. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction To prevent that calamitous measure no one worked harder than Edmund Burke, whose religion was as rational as his patriotism was sincere. The Life of Froude Look," exclaimed Edmund Burke, in the House of Commons, "at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery. History of the United States The process was very gradual; and the attempt of George III to arrest it produced the splendid effort of Edmund Burke. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Edmund Burke, in one of his letters on Ireland, said: 'A word has been lately struck in the mint of the castle of Dublin. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Old establishments, like the British Constitution, said Edmund Burke, "are not often constructed after any theory; theories are rather drawn from them." Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government With his friend Edmund Burke, Lord Charlemont maintained a close correspondence. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Edmund Burke leveled his heavy batteries against every measure of coercion and at last strove for a peace which, while giving independence to America, would work for reconciliation rather than estrangement. History of the United States Yet, in the long run, the real weapon which defeated George was the ideas of Edmund Burke; for he gave to the political conflict its real place in philosophy. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham It has well been said by Edmund Burke that "Education is the cheap defense of nations." The Christian Home The following is the conclusion of an argument by Edmund Burke in which the speaker maintained that Warren Hastings should be impeached by the House of Commons. Elements of Debating "When bad men combine," wrote Edmund Burke, "the good must associate, else they will fall one by one an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." Ireland and the Home Rule Movement My Dear Antony, Edmund Burke was born in 1730, and therefore was twenty-one years younger than Dr. Johnson, and he survived him thirteen years. The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson It arrived in this country originally as a present to Edmund Burke, from Rome, by Barry, the painter. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits And this was the epic age, over whose departure my late eloquent and prophetic friend and correspondent, Edmund Burke, so movingly mourned. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I If we were in the mood, we might take advantage of interesting manuscripts of Edmund Burke, which are now before us, to say something of this remarkable character. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 The Irish people still appreciate the force of that maxim of Edmund Burke's, that the things which are not practicable are not desirable. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Among the other nine original members of the club were Sir Joshua Reynolds, the artist, and Edmund Burke, the noted statesman. Selections from Five English Poets In point of fact, if he had had the pen of Samuel Johnson, or the tongue of Edmund Burke, he would not have made the impression he did. The Personal Life of David Livingstone It was so that he proved the wisdom of Edmund Burke's saying, that "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill: our antagonist is our helper." An Iron Will In the words of Edmund Burke: "I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets." In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious Edmund Burke was said, in the gossip of the day, to be deeply interested in land at Saint Vincent's. Burke There is a spirit of conservation, like that of Edmund Burke, which has in it a wise enthusiasm, we might almost say a wise mysticism. Robert Browning Lord Chatham and Edmund Burke were the men who always held the first place in the esteem of this kindred spirit. Famous Americans of Recent Times On the contrary, the three chief masters of British eloquence at that time, and in all time—Edmund Burke, William Pitt, and Charles James Fox—spoke on the side of the Colonists. George Washington Abraham Shackleton has the melancholy satisfaction of perusing dear Edmund Burke's account of his poor state of health. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) They often told one another that Edmund Burke was the man whose genius pointed him out as the triumphant champion of faith and sound philosophy against deism, atheism, and David Hume. Burke They believed as firmly as did Edmund Burke in the importance of what Burke styles a natural aristocracy. Robert Browning Fourth Estate, the daily press, so called by Edmund Burke, pointing, in the House of Commons, to the reporters' gallery. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge So his chief rival in Parliament, Edmund Burke, who shocked more than half of England by seeming to approve the nascent French Revolution, died execrating it. George Washington We need hardly remind our readers, that a far greater Edmund—Edmund Burke—spent many of his days. Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham And Edmund Burke said: "The wit of man never devised a machine to disgrace a realm or destroy a kingdom so perfect as this." The Glories of Ireland There I saw for the first time Mr. Edmund Burke, whose splendid talents had made me ardently wish for his acquaintance. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters The leaders of the Whig party in England, Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, Colonel Barre, the great Chatham himself, all championed the cause of the American revolutionists in the English parliament. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration A generation which produced two such men as Henry Grattan and Edmund Burke might well be looked back to by any country in the world as the flower and crown of its national life. The Story of Ireland Burke's Politics: selected writings and speeches of Edmund Burke on reform, revolution and war. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June Edmund Burke, in a passage which is as ethically questionable as it is rhetorically beautiful, taught that vice loses half its evil when it loses all its grossness. Collections and Recollections That poet concludes his ironical eulogium on Edmund Burke, thus:— "In short 'twas his fate, unemployed, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829 Here Pitt and Fox were of one mind, and were supported by the veteran advocate for justice and right, Edmund Burke. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 The parallel, perhaps, exists in Edmund Burke's fond attachment for and subsequent calamity in the loss of his son Richard. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Of Johnson's set the most remarkable figure was Edmund Burke—"the supreme writer," as De Quincey called him, "of his century." English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge In his previous ventures he had had Edmund Burke, Johnson, and Fox, besides his friend Turner at Yarmouth, to restrain or to revise. English Men of Letters: Crabbe Tom Paine was considered for the time as a Tom Fool to him; Paley an old woman; Edmund Burke a flashy sophist. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The convention refused to adopt his radical views, but they were published in a pamphlet and copies were send to England, where Edmund Burke had it republished with emendations of his own. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch In 1835 he wrote an effective and widely read political pamphlet, entitled, after Edmund Burke's more famous work, An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 They cultivate the gift, possessed by Edmund Burke above all other English authors, of putting the same thing freshly and in different forms a great many times in succession. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge Edmund Burke's friend, Edward Shackleton, meeting Crabbe at Burke's house soon after the publication of the poem, paid him an elegant tribute. English Men of Letters: Crabbe As Edmund Burke observed, "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." Wild Justice From Aristotle and Bishop Butler and Edmund Burke he learned the value of authority, the sacredness of law, the danger of laying rash and inconsiderate hands upon the ark of State. The Grand Old Man What did Edmund Burke tell Parliament in 'seventy-five about our whalers, hey! Java Head Note 46: Son of the celebrated Edmund Burke. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire Edmund Burke referred to the journalists as a fourth estate. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission E. no doubt stands for Edmund Burke, and J. for Joshua Reynolds. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 He there writes, on the authority of Mr. Langton:—'Dr. Johnson had a very high opinion of Edmund Burke. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 There was a man more than the master of them all, and his name was Edmund Burke; and how did they treat him? Lord Kilgobbin Among the conductors of the impeachment on the part of the House of Commons, were the celebrated orators Edmund Burke and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Outline of Universal History On one occasion he accompanied Edmund Burke to witness a performance of the Italian Fantoccini or Puppets, in Panton Street; an exhibition which had hit the caprice of the town, and was in great vogue. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography I have a kind of belief that Edmund Burke does; he has so much knowledge, so much animation, and the consciousness of so much fame.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Lincoln had been reading from Edmund Burke's life, when he threw down the book with disrelish. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form The three greatest living statesmen of England knew this also—Edmund Burke knew it, and Charles James Fox, and William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. The American Union Speaker The last great prose-writer of the eighteenth century, Edmund Burke, is also the greatest of English orators. A History of English Literature Webster and Clay were gone, but Seward was the Charles Fox and Sumner the Edmund Burke of America; Chase and Marcy were not much less in intellectual stature. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne These, truly, were services for which any country should be grateful, and which should justly place Edmund Burke on the list of great benefactors. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen England also was ripening, and the instinct of caste, incarnated in George III, found its expression through Edmund Burke. The Theory of Social Revolutions Edmund Burke--From an old print The second period is one of denunciation rather than of prophecy. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Edmund Burke's house, also in Gerrard Street, is a beer-shop, but the memory of the great orator hallows the abode, and an inscription upon it proudly announces that here he lived. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 A man's house was his castle and—to quote from that most famous of orators and statesmen—Edmund Burke—"the wind might enter, the rain might enter, but the King of England might not enter!" Tutt and Mr. Tutt It would be difficult to select an example of a more lofty and irreproachable character among the great statesmen of England than Edmund Burke. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen As it stood in the second edition it might have been thought that Edmund Burke was the gentleman; the more so as Johnson often denied his want of wit. Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 In his speech on Conciliation with America of March 22, 1775, Edmund Burke showed his characteristically philosophic comprehension of this powerful constitutional conscience of the then American subjects of the Empire. The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution While William Pitt opposed, in the House of Lords, the policy of the British government, Edmund Burke delivered, in the House of Commons, his famous speech on the Conciliation of the Colonies, March 22, 1775. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 Reynolds was the favourite of the town, but he too had to divide honours with Gainsborough when the latter painted Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Edmund Burke and Sir William Blackstone. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People So Edmund Burke was sent among them,--ambitious doubtless, stern, intellectually proud, incorruptible, independent, not disdainful of honors and influence, but eager to render public services. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen Edmund Burke, one of the greatest of Irish orators, took the same view. A Brief History of the United States Oh, sorrowful woe, and also woeful sorrow, when an Edmund Burke arises, like a cheeta or hunting leopard coupled in a tiger-chase with a German poodle. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater Biographical and Historical: Edmund Burke was a British statesman of Irish birth, who lived at the time of the American Revolution. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 It was a time of vigorous intellectual life, the period of Goldsmith, Edmund Burke, and Dr. Johnson. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 In recapitulating the services by which Edmund Burke will ultimately be judged, I would say that he had a hand in almost every movement for which his generation is applauded. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen Among wthem we notice the name of Edmund Burke, whose great career was closing in a cloud of domestic trouble'. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Edmund Burke, hearing of Paine's presence in England, sent for him to come to his house. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers At the close of 1790 Edmund Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France, a bitter arraignment of the newer tendencies and a rhetorical panegyric of conservatism. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. The satisfactory solution is, that Edmund Burke possessed and had sedulously sharpened that eye, which sees all things, actions, and events, in relation to the laws that determine their existence and circumscribe their possibility. Biographia Literaria He is a brother of the great—great in defiance of all drawbacks—Edmund Burke. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 We may safely leave the task of criticising "Cecilia" to an unimpeachable authority, Edmund Burke, whose magnificent, but just eulogy of the book will be found on page 232 Of the present volume. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 Edmund Burke called the first East Indians, "Jacobins to a man," because they did not feel their "present importance equal to their real wealth". The English Constitution Every one who has read at all is familiar with the immortal panegyric of the great Edmund Burke upon Marie Antoinette. Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe — Complete In like manner, not only the debates in parliament, not only our proclamations and state papers, but the essays and leading paragraphs of our journals are so many remembrancers of Edmund Burke. Biographia Literaria Editor in continuation: Every one who has read at all is familiar with the immortal panegyric of the great Edmund Burke upon Marie Antoinette. Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe — Volume 6 No one has set them forth more cogently, and in particular no one has more earnestly dwelt on the necessity for the latter, than the most profound thinker among English statesmen, Edmund Burke. William Ewart Gladstone Many Americans still read it who would be shocked by Tom Paine and bored with Edmund Burke. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters Tom Paine has triumphed over Edmund Burke; and the swine are now courted electors. Man and Superman Accustomed, from the earliest period of his mental life to read and study the writings of Edmund Burke, he has long wished that such a selection as now appears, should be published. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke Mr. Townshend was the "delight and ornament" of the House, as Edmund Burke said. The Eve of the Revolution; a chronicle of the breach with England Among moderns, some French preachers, Edmund Burke, Macaulay, and Daniel Webster are perhaps the only speakers whose discourses have passed into classics and find new generations of readers. William Ewart Gladstone The only statesman, indeed, active or speculative, who did not share in the general delusion was Edmund Burke. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 What a happy man must Edmund Burke have been, when he could say of his home, "Every care vanishes the moment I enter under my own roof!" Character Such, at least, is the philosophy of Politics, breathed from the undying pages of Edmund Burke. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke He had always a very great personal regard and particular affection for Mr. Edmund Burke, as well as an esteem difficult for me to repeat, though for him only easy to express. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson Edmund Burke was born at Dublin on the first of January, 1730. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. I do not think it strange that, when that great master of eloquence, Edmund Burke, stood where I now stand, he faltered and remained mute. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 He, too, adored English standards, but his ambition led him to rival the career of Edmund Burke. The Education of Henry Adams How it came there I have not a notion—unless Edmund Burke dropped it in his hurry to get back to Butler's Court. A Miscellany of Men An Irish trader at our house one day heard Dr. Johnson launch out into very great and greatly deserved praises of Mr. Edmund Burke. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson About May, 1769, Edmund Burke began the pamphlet here given, Thoughts on the Present Discontents. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. A cultivated Conservative friend of mine once exhibited great distress because in a gay moment I once called Edmund Burke an atheist. What's Wrong with the World Instead, I must refer you to the volume by Edmund Burke entitled: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. Options But the most important of his friendships developed between him and such men of genius as Boswell, David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Edmund Burke. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood It was, however, in the year 1775 that Mr. Edmund Burke made the famous speech in Parliament that struck even foes with admiration, and friends with delight. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson Edmund Burke, the greatest English stateman, said: "The people have as good government as they deserve." The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation |
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