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... INDIA AND THE IMPEACHMENT OF HASTINGS Report of the Select Committee on India (1783) 407 Speech on Fox's East India Bill (1783) 439 Speeches in Opening the Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788) 466 Speech on the Sixth Article of Charge ...
... INDIA AND THE IMPEACHMENT OF HASTINGS Report of the Select Committee on India (1783) 407 Speech on Fox's East India Bill (1783) 439 Speeches in Opening the Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788) 466 Speech on the Sixth Article of Charge ...
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... India, and the French Revolution. I have followed a chronological principle of arrangement for selections within each subject group. The basic text used in making selections, including Burke's speeches, is The Works of the Rt. Hon ...
... India, and the French Revolution. I have followed a chronological principle of arrangement for selections within each subject group. The basic text used in making selections, including Burke's speeches, is The Works of the Rt. Hon ...
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... India Bill . Pitt Ministry . Speech on Nabob of Arcot's Debts . 1783 1784 Death of Dr. Johnson . 1785 1786 1787 1789 1790 1791 Proceedings against Hastings . Impeachment of Hastings . French Revolution . Reflections on the Revolution in ...
... India Bill . Pitt Ministry . Speech on Nabob of Arcot's Debts . 1783 1784 Death of Dr. Johnson . 1785 1786 1787 1789 1790 1791 Proceedings against Hastings . Impeachment of Hastings . French Revolution . Reflections on the Revolution in ...
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... India, and France. But before summarizing his active political career it is important briefly to note several points, often overlooked, concerning the relationship between Burke's literary career and his new life in party politics ...
... India, and France. But before summarizing his active political career it is important briefly to note several points, often overlooked, concerning the relationship between Burke's literary career and his new life in party politics ...
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... India, for misgovernment in India, the trial ended in acquittal before the House of Lords, and at best Burke's efforts served as a warning to future British governors. His opposition to the radicals and liberal Whigs who wished to ...
... India, for misgovernment in India, the trial ended in acquittal before the House of Lords, and at best Burke's efforts served as a warning to future British governors. His opposition to the radicals and liberal Whigs who wished to ...
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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