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... Protestant Dissenters ( 1773 ) Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society ( 1792 ) .365 .372 .... 377 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE A Letter on Parliamentary Reform ( 1780 ) .383 Speech on the Duration of ...
... Protestant Dissenters ( 1773 ) Speech on the Petition of the Unitarian Society ( 1792 ) .365 .372 .... 377 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE A Letter on Parliamentary Reform ( 1780 ) .383 Speech on the Duration of ...
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... -74 Burke as agent for New York . 1772 1773 Opposed Petition of Clergy against Subscription . Speech on Protestant Dissenters . Visit to France . 1774 Speech on American Taxation . Death of Goldsmith . Chronological Table.
... -74 Burke as agent for New York . 1772 1773 Opposed Petition of Clergy against Subscription . Speech on Protestant Dissenters . Visit to France . 1774 Speech on American Taxation . Death of Goldsmith . Chronological Table.
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... Protestant dissenters , and throughout his twenty - nine years in Parliament did his best to establish equal con- stitutional rights for British subjects of all faiths . He always believed that " all the three religions prevalent ...
... Protestant dissenters , and throughout his twenty - nine years in Parliament did his best to establish equal con- stitutional rights for British subjects of all faiths . He always believed that " all the three religions prevalent ...
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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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