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... HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE A Letter on Parliamentary Reform (1780) 383 Speech on the Duration of Parliaments (1780) 386 Speech on the Representation of the Commons in Parliament (1782) 395 VI. INDIA AND THE IMPEACHMENT ...
... HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE A Letter on Parliamentary Reform (1780) 383 Speech on the Duration of Parliaments (1780) 386 Speech on the Representation of the Commons in Parliament (1782) 395 VI. INDIA AND THE IMPEACHMENT ...
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... House of Commons for Wendover. 1766 Burke entered House of Commons. Chatham Ministry. 1768 Grafton Ministry. Burke purchased Gregories, estate at Beaconsfield. 1769 Observations on Present State of Nation. 1770 Thoughts on Present ...
... House of Commons for Wendover. 1766 Burke entered House of Commons. Chatham Ministry. 1768 Grafton Ministry. Burke purchased Gregories, estate at Beaconsfield. 1769 Observations on Present State of Nation. 1770 Thoughts on Present ...
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... House of Commons for Bristol . Battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill . 1775 Speech on Conciliation with America . 1776 Address to the King . 1777 Letter to Sheriffs of Bristol . 1778 Death of Pitt the Elder . 1779 Death of Garrick . 1780 ...
... House of Commons for Bristol . Battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill . 1775 Speech on Conciliation with America . 1776 Address to the King . 1777 Letter to Sheriffs of Bristol . 1778 Death of Pitt the Elder . 1779 Death of Garrick . 1780 ...
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... House of Commons ( 1763 ) , and Elly's Liberty of Subjects in England ( 1765 ) . He probably severed his official ... Commons , the Rolls and Laws of Parlia- ment , State Trials , Statutes of Jeofails , Woodfall's Parliamentary Debates ...
... House of Commons ( 1763 ) , and Elly's Liberty of Subjects in England ( 1765 ) . He probably severed his official ... Commons , the Rolls and Laws of Parlia- ment , State Trials , Statutes of Jeofails , Woodfall's Parliamentary Debates ...
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Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. While debating in the House of Commons , Burke frequently made good extemporaneous use of his legal knowledge : " In this part of his speech , " the Commons clerk once ...
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. While debating in the House of Commons , Burke frequently made good extemporaneous use of his legal knowledge : " In this part of his speech , " the Commons clerk once ...
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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