Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Burke, Edmund

The Works Of The Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke - Boston Little Brown & Company 1897 - 537 p. - The works of the right honorable Edmund Burke 12 Volumes Vol. I .

Includes newspaper clipping

Vol. 1: --
A vindication of natural society: or, A view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society --
A philosophical inquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful; with an introductory discourse concerning taste --
A short account of a late short administration --
Observations on a late publication, intitled, "The present state of the nation" --
Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents


Vol. 2: --
Speech on American taxation, April 19, 1774 --
Speeches on arrival at Bristol, and at the conclusion of the poll, October 13 and November 3, 1774 --
Speech on moving resolutions for conciliation with America, March 22, 1775 --
Letter to the sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America, April 3, 1777 --
Two letters to gentlemen of Bristol, on the bills depending in Parliament relative to the trade of Ireland, April 23 and May 2, 1778 --
Speech on presenting to the House of Commons a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the economical reformation of the civil and other establishments, February 11, 1780 --
Speech at Bristol previous to the election, September 6, 1780 --
Speech at Bristol on declining the poll, September 9, 1780 --
Speech on Mr. Fox's East India bill, December 1, 1783 --
A representation to his majesty, moved in the House of Commons, June 14, 1784


Vol. 3: --
Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's debts, February 28, 1785; with an appendix --
Substance of speech on the army estimates, February 9, 1790 --
Reflections on the Revolution in France


Vol. 4: --
Letter to a member of the national assembly, in answer to some objections to his book on French affairs --
Appeal from the new to the old Whigs --
letter to a peer of Ireland on the penal laws against Irish Catholics --
Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe, on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland --
Hints for a memorial to be delivered to Monsieur de M. M. --
Thoughts on French affairs --
Heads for consideration on the present state of affairs --
Remarks on the policy of the allies with respect to France: with an appendix


Vol. 5: --
Observations on the conduct of the minority, particularly in the last session of Parliament, 1793 --
Preface to the address of M. Brissot to his constituents: with an appendix --
Letter to William Elliot, Esq., occasioned by a speech made in the House of Lords by the **** of *******, in the debate concerning Lord Fitzwilliam, 1795 --
Thoughts and details on scarcity --
Letter to a noble lord on the attacks made upon Mr. Burke and his pension, in the House of Lords, by the Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Lauderdale, 1796 --
Three letters to a member of Parliament on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France


Vol. 6: --
Letter to the Empress of Russia, November 1, 1791 --
Letter to Sir Charles Bingham, Bart., on the Irish absentee tax, October 30, 1773 --
Letter to the Hon. Charles James Fox, on the American War, October 8, 1777 --
Letter to the Marquis of Rockingham, with addresses to the kin, and the British colonists in North America, in relation to the measures of government in the American contest, and a proposed secession of the opposition from Parliament, January, 1777 --
Letter to the Right Hon. Edmund S. Pery, in relation to a bill for the relief of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, July 18, 1778 --
Two letters to Thomas Burgh, Esq., and John Merlott, Esq., in vindication of his Parliamentary conduct relation to the affairs of Ireland, 1780 --
Letters and reflections on the executions of the rioters in 1780 --
Letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: with the sketch of a Negro code, 1792 --
Letter to the chairman of the Buckinghamshire meeting, held at Aylesbury, April 13, 1780, on the subject of Parliamentary reform --
Fragments of a tract relative to the laws against popery in Ireland --
Letter to William Smith, Esq., on the subject of Catholic emancipation, January 29, 1795 --
Second letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe, on the Catholic question, May 26, 1795 --
Letter to Richard Burke, Esq., on Protestant ascendency in Ireland, 1793 --
Letter on the affairs of Ireland, 1797


Vol. 7: --
Fragments and notes of speeches in Parliament: --
Speech on the acts of uniformity, February 6, 1772 --
Speech on a bill for the relief of Protestant dissenters, March 17, 1773 --
Speech on a motion for leave to bring in a bill to repeal and alter certain acts respecting religious opinions, upon the occasion of a petition of the Unitarian Society, May 11, 1792 --
Speech relative to the Middlesex election, February 7, 1771 --
Speech on a bill for shortening the duration of Parliaments, May 8, 1780 --
Speech on a motion for a committee to inquire into the state of the representation of the commons in Parliament, May 7, 1782 --
Speech on a motion for leave to bring in a bill for explaining the powers of juries in prosecutions for libels, March 7, 1771. Together with a letter in vindication of that measure, and a copy of the proposed bill --
Speech on a bill for the repeal of the marriage act, June 15, 1781 --
Speech on a motion for leave to bring in a bill to quiet the possessions of the subject against dormant claims of the church, February 17, 1772 --
Hints for an essay on the drama --
An essay towards an abridgment of the English history. In three books


Vol. 8: --
Ninth report of the select committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of India, June 13, 1783 --
Eleventh report of the select committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of India. With extracts from the appendix, July 10, 1783 --
Articles of change of high crimes and misdemeanors against Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal: presented to the House of Commons in April and May, 1786 --
Articles 1-6


Vol. 9: --
Articles of charge of high crimes and misdemeanors against Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal: presented to the House of Commons in April and May, 1786 --
Articles 7-22


Vol. 10: --
Speeches in the impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal


Vol. 11: --
Report from the committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inspect the lords' journals in relation to their proceedings on the trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire. With an appendix. Also, remarks in vindication of the same from his animadversions of Lord Thurlow, 1794 --
Speeches in the impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal


Vol. 12: --
Speeches in the impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal. Vol. 1: --
A vindication of natural society: or, A view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society --
A philosophical inquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful; with an introductory discourse concerning taste --
A short account of a late short administration --
Observations on a late publication, intitled, "The present state of the nation" --
Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents




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Political science.
Politics and government

--Politics and government--1760-1820

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