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... party interests . During the first year of work on the Annual Register , 1758—59 , Burke also worked on his " Essay towards an Abridgment of the En- glish History , " but it was never completed beyond the reign of King John , and was ...
... party interests . During the first year of work on the Annual Register , 1758—59 , Burke also worked on his " Essay towards an Abridgment of the En- glish History , " but it was never completed beyond the reign of King John , and was ...
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... became the intellectual guide , the public voice in the Commons , and the official pamphleteer of the Rock- ingham branch of the Whig party . To many of Burke's close literary friends it appeared that. 18 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
... became the intellectual guide , the public voice in the Commons , and the official pamphleteer of the Rock- ingham branch of the Whig party . To many of Burke's close literary friends it appeared that. 18 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
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... party what was meant for mankind . In reality , he was exchanging a precarious belles lettres literary career , and journalistic hack work , for Rockingham's secure political pa- tronage and a stormy political life . In his new public ...
... party what was meant for mankind . In reality , he was exchanging a precarious belles lettres literary career , and journalistic hack work , for Rockingham's secure political pa- tronage and a stormy political life . In his new public ...
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... party . The great crisis of the French Revolution further alienated him and the " new Whigs , " who followed Charles James Fox , while Burke led the anti - revolution old Whigs into a coalition with the Tory party of Pitt the Younger ...
... party . The great crisis of the French Revolution further alienated him and the " new Whigs , " who followed Charles James Fox , while Burke led the anti - revolution old Whigs into a coalition with the Tory party of Pitt the Younger ...
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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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