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... CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION Tract on the Popery Laws ( 1765 ) .253 A Letter to a Peer of Ireland ( 1782 ) .274 A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe ( 1792 ) .288 A Letter to Richard Burke ( 1793 ) .320 A Letter to William Smith ( 1795 ) . .330 ...
... CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION Tract on the Popery Laws ( 1765 ) .253 A Letter to a Peer of Ireland ( 1782 ) .274 A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe ( 1792 ) .288 A Letter to Richard Burke ( 1793 ) .320 A Letter to William Smith ( 1795 ) . .330 ...
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... Catholic . Undoubtedly , Burke's mixed religious background played a key role in determin- ing his whole intellectual ... Catholics , and the civil disabilities against Protestant dissenters , and throughout his twenty - nine years in ...
... Catholic . Undoubtedly , Burke's mixed religious background played a key role in determin- ing his whole intellectual ... Catholics , and the civil disabilities against Protestant dissenters , and throughout his twenty - nine years in ...
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... Catholics of Ireland from the tyran- nical penal laws were largely unsuccessful , but his principles were gradually fulfilled after his death . His bill in 1780 to reform the abuses of royal patronage was defeated , although a modified ...
... Catholics of Ireland from the tyran- nical penal laws were largely unsuccessful , but his principles were gradually fulfilled after his death . His bill in 1780 to reform the abuses of royal patronage was defeated , although a modified ...
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... Catholic penal code of Ireland and the tyrannical rule of Hastings in Bengal — it became explicit . Professor Hoffman was among the first writers to realize , and the first to say in print , that the foundations of Burke's political ...
... Catholic penal code of Ireland and the tyrannical rule of Hastings in Bengal — it became explicit . Professor Hoffman was among the first writers to realize , and the first to say in print , that the foundations of Burke's political ...
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Contents
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An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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