The Works of Edmund Burke Part Nine
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9781417949700
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & political philosophy; c 1700 to c 1800; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory
First sentence: THERE was an extraordinary coincidence of events at the time that the discovery of America made one of the principal; the invention of printing, the making of gunpowder, the improvement of navigation, the revival of ancient learning, and the reformation; all of these conspired to change the face of Europe entirely.