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... REFORM Speech on Economical Reform ( 1780 ) .341 V. MISCELLANEOUS CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Speech on the Middlesex Election ( 1771 ) .363 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the.
... REFORM Speech on Economical Reform ( 1780 ) .341 V. MISCELLANEOUS CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Speech on the Middlesex Election ( 1771 ) .363 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Speech on the.
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... 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 OF HASTINGS Report of the Select Committee on India ( 1783 ) ...
... 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 OF HASTINGS Report of the Select Committee on India ( 1783 ) ...
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... Reform , Constitutional Affairs , 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 ...
... Reform , Constitutional Affairs , 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 ...
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... Reform . Elected to House of Commons for Malton . 1782 Second Rockingham Ministry . Burke as Paymaster - General . Death of Lord Rockingham . Shelburne Ministry . Fox - North coalition Ministry . Speech on Fox's East India Bill . Pitt ...
... Reform . Elected to House of Commons for Malton . 1782 Second Rockingham Ministry . Burke as Paymaster - General . Death of Lord Rockingham . Shelburne Ministry . Fox - North coalition Ministry . Speech on Fox's East India Bill . Pitt ...
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... reforms and parliamentary reforms in England , In- dia , and revolutionary France . Except for a year in 1765-66 and a ... reform the abuses of royal patronage was defeated , although a modified and largely ineffectual measure was passed ...
... reforms and parliamentary reforms in England , In- dia , and revolutionary France . Except for a year in 1765-66 and a ... reform the abuses of royal patronage was defeated , although a modified and largely ineffectual measure was passed ...
Contents
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47 | |
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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