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... English History ( 1757 ) Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register .76 ( 1759-62 ) .104 II . AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE A Short Account of a Late Short Administration ( 1766 ) Thoughts on the Cause of the Present ...
... English History ( 1757 ) Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register .76 ( 1759-62 ) .104 II . AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE A Short Account of a Late Short Administration ( 1766 ) Thoughts on the Cause of the Present ...
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... English History and his early book reviews in the An- nual Register . The main purpose of these selections is to present extensive and in the main unbroken samples of Burke's most representative thought in his most characteristic style ...
... English History and his early book reviews in the An- nual Register . The main purpose of these selections is to present extensive and in the main unbroken samples of Burke's most representative thought in his most characteristic style ...
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... English History ( published in 1811 ) . Newcastle Ministry . Birth of Burke's son , Richard . Became acquainted with Dr. Johnson and Reynolds . First Annual Register published ( Burke continued as editor to 1765-66 ) . Introduced to ...
... English History ( published in 1811 ) . Newcastle Ministry . Birth of Burke's son , Richard . Became acquainted with Dr. Johnson and Reynolds . First Annual Register published ( Burke continued as editor to 1765-66 ) . Introduced to ...
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... English jurisprudence , from the ancient Roman law to the common law of 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 ...
... English jurisprudence , from the ancient Roman law to the common law of 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 ...
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... English History . His interest in English legal and constitu- tional thought was strongly reflected in the large number of book reviews on legal works which he wrote for the early numbers of the Annual Register . Burke certainly ...
... English History . His interest in English legal and constitu- tional thought was strongly reflected in the large number of book reviews on legal works which he wrote for the early numbers of the Annual Register . Burke certainly ...
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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