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... the National Assembly (1791) 609 An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791) 623 A Letter to William Elliot, Esq. (1795) 658 VIII. DEFENSE OF HIS LIFE A Letter to a Noble Lord (1795) 665 A Selected Bibliography 699 PREFACE TO THE ...
... the National Assembly (1791) 609 An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791) 623 A Letter to William Elliot, Esq. (1795) 658 VIII. DEFENSE OF HIS LIFE A Letter to a Noble Lord (1795) 665 A Selected Bibliography 699 PREFACE TO THE ...
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Secretary to Lord Rockingham. Elected to 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 ...
Secretary to Lord Rockingham. Elected to 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 ...
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Death of Lord Rockingham. Shelburne Ministry. 1783 Fox-North coalition Ministry. Speech on Fox's East India Bill. 1784 Pitt Ministry. Death of Dr. Johnson. 1785 Speech on Nabob of Arcot's Debts. 1786 Proceedings against Hastings.
Death of Lord Rockingham. Shelburne Ministry. 1783 Fox-North coalition Ministry. Speech on Fox's East India Bill. 1784 Pitt Ministry. Death of Dr. Johnson. 1785 Speech on Nabob of Arcot's Debts. 1786 Proceedings against Hastings.
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... 1928): "Burke evidently ransacked legal and historical documents of all kinds, including the Journals of the Lords and Commons, the Rolls and Laws of Parliament, State Trials, Statutes of Jeofails, Woodfall's Parliamentary Debates, ...
... 1928): "Burke evidently ransacked legal and historical documents of all kinds, including the Journals of the Lords and Commons, the Rolls and Laws of Parliament, State Trials, Statutes of Jeofails, Woodfall's Parliamentary Debates, ...
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This work was an ironical satire on the religious rationalism of Lord Bolingbroke's "natural" religion, applied to society by an assumed antithesis between the "natural" and "artificial" political institutions of man.
This work was an ironical satire on the religious rationalism of Lord Bolingbroke's "natural" religion, applied to society by an assumed antithesis between the "natural" and "artificial" political institutions of man.
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 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 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
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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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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