Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents

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We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Political agitation

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. London: J. Dodsley, 1770.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Thoughts on the Present Discontents." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.