Burke, Edmund

Cultural  

1. An Irish political leader and author of the eighteenth century who spent his career in England. A member of the British Parliament and an exceptional speaker, he sympathized with the American Revolutionary War as a defense of existing rights of citizens. He opposed the French Revolution, however, saying that it was a complete and unjustified break with tradition. (See Thomas Paine.)

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Example Sentences

Burke, Edmund, Webster compared with as an orator, 199, 202, 203.

From Daniel Webster by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Burke, Edmund, in Gillray's caricatures, 154; quoted, upon the French Revolution, 163; caricature, 164.

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James

Burke, Edmund, compliment to Charles Fox, xxxviii; speeches of, criticised, lii; bill for economical reform, 469.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

Burke, Edmund, his defence of his political principles. —the design of, in his greatest work.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund

Burke, Edmund, 209; on value of House of Commons, 227.

From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow