![]() ![]() The first printing of the second edition, with the following attributes: title-page with the M (in the date slightly to the right of the "D" in the publisher's name, Dodsley, just above the preface: -iv with floral printer's ornament on iv 1-356pp, line 23, shows the misprint: "ascertainmennt" and a dagger printer's mark at the bottom of p194. ![]() Burke's position appealed to the landed class' fear of mob rule it supported the view that the Revolution would destroy French society. This work engendered a strong response, including Thomas Paine's 'The Rights of Man'. Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), Irish political thinker's famous attack on the French Revolution. In a Letter Intended to have been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris. Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. ![]()
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