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... Parliamentary 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 ...
... Parliamentary 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 ...
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... Parliament in 1766 Burke discovered that even more than in " the days of ignorance " his " en- lightened times " were addicted to an innovating furor logicus aimed at attaining mathematical accuracy in politics . II . Burke's Legal ...
... Parliament in 1766 Burke discovered that even more than in " the days of ignorance " his " en- lightened times " were addicted to an innovating furor logicus aimed at attaining mathematical accuracy in politics . II . Burke's Legal ...
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... Parliament : " I have studied . . . God knows : hard have I studied , even to the making dog - ears of almost every ... Parliamentary Debates , the legal decisions of Chief - Barons and Justices Hard- wicke , Willes , Parker , Raymond ...
... Parliament : " I have studied . . . God knows : hard have I studied , even to the making dog - ears of almost every ... Parliamentary Debates , the legal decisions of Chief - Barons and Justices Hard- wicke , Willes , Parker , Raymond ...
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... Parliament , throughout the rest of his life he continued to exercise considerable control over the policy of the journal he had founded . A comparison between Burke's speeches in Parliament and articles in the Annual Register dealing ...
... Parliament , throughout the rest of his life he continued to exercise considerable control over the policy of the journal he had founded . A comparison between Burke's speeches in Parliament and articles in the Annual Register dealing ...
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Contents
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A Vindication of Natural Society 1756 | 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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