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Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the Acts of Uniformity ( 1772 ) Speech on the Relief of Protestant Dissenters ( 1773 ) Speech on the Petition of ...
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the Acts of Uniformity ( 1772 ) Speech on the Relief of Protestant Dissenters ( 1773 ) Speech on the Petition of ...
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... England , where he lies buried . His father was a modestly successful Irish at- torney , descended from the family of the poet Edmund Spenser , and a member of the Church of England . His mother was of the eminent Irish Nagle family ...
... England , where he lies buried . His father was a modestly successful Irish at- torney , descended from the family of the poet Edmund Spenser , and a member of the Church of England . His mother was of the eminent Irish Nagle family ...
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... England down to his own age . In 1780 Burke stated that since " very early youth " he had " been conversant in reading and thinking upon the subject of our laws and constitution , as well as upon those of other times and other countries ...
... England down to his own age . In 1780 Burke stated that since " very early youth " he had " been conversant in reading and thinking upon the subject of our laws and constitution , as well as upon those of other times and other countries ...
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... England ( 1765 ) . He probably severed his official connec- tion as editor of the Annual Register in 1765—66 . Yet he reviewed Blackstone's Commentaries ( 1767—68 ) , Beccaria's Essay on Crimes and Punishments ( 1767 ) , Dalrymple's ...
... England ( 1765 ) . He probably severed his official connec- tion as editor of the Annual Register in 1765—66 . Yet he reviewed Blackstone's Commentaries ( 1767—68 ) , Beccaria's Essay on Crimes and Punishments ( 1767 ) , Dalrymple's ...
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... England Burke became well known among the chief lights in the London literary and theatrical world . He enjoyed the close friendships of Arthur Murphy and David Gar- rick for over two decades . At Robert Dodsley's shop , under the sign ...
... England Burke became well known among the chief lights in the London literary and theatrical world . He enjoyed the close friendships of Arthur Murphy and David Gar- rick for over two decades . At Robert Dodsley's shop , under the sign ...
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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