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Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01

Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, he moved to London in 1750 and later served as a member of parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain. He belonged to the Whig Party.Burke favored underpinning virtues with manners in society and stressed the importance of religious institutions for the moral stability and good of the state. He was an opponent to slavery and expressed appreciation for the complaints of the colonists in America before the outbreak of Revolution.This collection of his writings is the first of twelve available online at Project Gutenberg. (Adapted from Wikipedia by KevinS) (17 hr 50 min)

Chapters

Advertisements and Preface of A Letter to Lord Unknown

Part 1 of A Letter to Lord Unknown

Part 2 of A Letter to Lord Unknown

Part 3 of A Letter to Lord Unknown

Preface of A Philosophical inquiry into the origin of our ideas of the Sublime

Introduction on taste

Sections 1-9 of Part 1

Sections 10-19 of Part 1

Sections 1-11 of Part 2

Sections 12-22 of Part 2

Section 1-9 of Part 3

Sections 10-18 of Part 3

Sections 19-27 of Part 3

Sections 1-8 of Part 4

Sections 9-16 of Part 4

Section 17-25 of Part 4

Part 5

A short account of a late short administration 1766

Part 1 of Observations

Part 2 Observations

Part 3 of Observations

Part 4 of Observations

Part 5 of Observations

Part 6 of Observations

Part 7 of Observations

Part 8 of Observations

Part 9 of Observations

Appendix of Observations

Part 1 of Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents

Part 2 of Thoughts

Part 3 of Thoughts

Part 4 of Thoughts

Part 5 of Thoughts

Part 6 of Thoughts