{"collection":"philosophy-ethics","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_58646/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_58646","id":"gutenberg_58646","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58646","summary":null,"tags":["Category: British Literature","Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches","Category: Philosophy & Ethics","Category: Politics","Indexes"],"text":"Produced by David Widger\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG\n\nWORKS OF\n\nEDMUND BURKE\n\n\n\nCompiled by David Widger\n\n\n\n\n\nCONTENTS\n\n\nTHOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS\n\n##  SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. I. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. II. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. III. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. IV. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. V. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. VI. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. VII. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. VIII. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. IX. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. X. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. XI. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n##  VOL. XII. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES\n\n\n\n\n\nBURKE'S SPEECH\nON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA\nBy Edmond Burke\nCONTENTS\nPREFACE\nINTRODUCTION\nEDMUND BURKE\nBURKE AS A STATESMAN\nA GROUP OF WRITERS COMING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE BURKE\nA GROUP OF WRITERS CONTEMPORARY WITH BURKE\nBURKE IN LITERATURE\nA GROUP OF WRITERS COMING IMMEDIATELY AFTER BURKE\nTOPICS FOR SPECIAL REPORTS\nBIBLIOGRAPHY\nEDMUND BURKE: ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 22, 1775\nFOOTNOTES\n\n\n\n\n\nSELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE.\nBy Edmund Burke\n\n\n\nCONTENTS\nINTRODUCTORY ESSAY.\nAPPENDIX.\nSELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE.\nNATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.\nRETROSPECT AND RESIGNATION.\nMODESTY OF MIND.\nNEWTON AND NATURE.\nTHEORY AND PRACTICE.\nINDUCTION AND COMPARISON.\nDIVINE POWER ON THE HUMAN IDEA.\nUNION OF LOVE AND DREAD IN RELIGION.\nOFFICE OF SYMPATHY.\nWORDS.\nNATURE ANTICIPATES MAN.\nSELF-INSPECTION.\nPOWER OF THE OBSCURE.\nFEMALE BEAUTY.\nNOVELTY AND CURIOSITY.\nPLEASURES OF ANALOGY.\nAMBITION.\nEXTENSIONS OF SYMPATHY.\nPHILOSOPHY OF TASTE.\nCLEARNESS AND STRENGTH IN STYLE.\nUNITY OF IMAGINATION.\nEFFECT OF WORDS.\nINVESTIGATION.\nSUBLIME.\nOBSCURITY.\nPRINCIPLES OF TASTE.\nTHE BEAUTIFUL.\nTHE REAL AND THE IDEAL.\nJUDGMENT IN ART.\nMORAL EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE.\nSECURITY OF TRUTH.\nIMITATION AN INSTINCTIVE LAW.\nSTANDARD OF REASON AND TASTE.\nUSE OF THEORY.\nPOLITICAL OUTCASTS.\nINJUSTICE TO OUR OWN AGE.\nFALSE COALITIONS.\nPOLITICAL EMPIRICISM.\nA VISIONARY.\nPARTY DIVISIONS.\nDECORUM IN PARTY.\nNOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM.\nPOLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLE.\nMORAL DEBASEMENT PROGRESSIVE.\nDESPOTISM.\nJUDGMENT AND POLICY.\nPOPULAR DISCONTENT.\nTHE PEOPLE AND THEIR RULERS.\nGOVERNMENT FAVOURITISM.\nADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION.\nINFLUENCE OF THE CROWN.\nVOICE OF THE PEOPLE.\nFALLACY OF EXTREMES.\nPRIVATE CHARACTER A BASIS FOR PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.\nPREVENTION.\nCONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE.\nFALSE MAXIMS ASSUMED AS FIRST PRINCIPLES.\nLORD CHATHAM.\nGRENVILLE.\nCHARLES TOWNSHEND.\nPARTY AND PLACE.\nPOLITICAL CONNECTIONS.\nNEUTRALITY.\nWEAKNESS IN GOVERNMENT.\nAMERICAN PROGRESS.\nCOMBINATION, NOT FACTION.\nGREAT MEN.\nPOWER OF CONSTITUENTS.\nINFLUENCE OF PLACE IN GOVERNMENT.\nTAXATION INVOLVES PRINCIPLE.\nGOOD MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.\nFISHERIES OF NEW ENGLAND.\nPREPARATION FOR PARLIAMENT.\nBATHURST AND AMERICA'S FUTURE.\nCANDID POLICY.\nWISDOM OF CONCESSION.\nMAGNANIMITY.\nDUTY OF REPRESENTATIVES.\nPRUDENTIAL SILENCE.\nCOLONIAL TIES.\nGOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATION.\nPARLIAMENT.\nMORAL LEVELLERS.\nPUBLIC SALARY AND PATRIOTIC SERVICE.\nRATIONAL LIBERTY.\nIRELAND AND MAGNA CHARTA.\nCOLONIES AND BRITISH CONSTITUTION.\nRECIPROCAL CONFIDENCE.\nPENSIONS AND THE CROWN.\nCOLONIAL PROGRESS.\nFEUDAL PRINCIPLES AND MODERN TIMES.\nRESTRICTIVE VIRTUES.\nLIBELLERS OF HUMAN NATURE.\nREFUSAL A REVENUE.\nA PARTY MAN.\nPATRIOTISM AND PUBLIC INCOME.\nAMERICAN PROTESTANTISM.\nRIGHT OF TAXATION.\nCONTRACTED VIEWS.\nASSIMILATING POWER OF CONTACT.\nPRUDENCE OF TIMELY REFORM.\nDIFFICULTIES OF REFORMERS.\nPHILOSOPHY OF COMMERCE.\nTHEORIZING POLITICIANS.\nECONOMY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT.\nREFORM OUGHT TO BE PROGRESSIVE.\nCIVIL FREEDOM.\nTENDENCIES OF POWER.\nINDIVIDUAL GOOD AND PUBLIC BENEFIT.\nPUBLIC CORRUPTION.\nCRUELTY AND COWARDICE.\nBAD LAWS PRODUCE BASE SUBSERVIENCY.\nFALSE REGRET.\nBRITISH DOMINION IN EAST INDIA.\nPOLITICAL CHARITY.\nEVILS OF DISTRACTION.\nCHARLES FOX.\nTHE IMPRACTICABLE UNDESIRABLE.\nCONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONS.\nEMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE.\nMORAL DISTINCTIONS.\nELECTORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.\nPOPULAR OPINION A FALLACIOUS STANDARD.\nENGLISH REFORMATION.\nPROSCRIPTION.\nJUST FREEDOM.\nENGLAND'S EMBASSY TO AMERICA.\nHOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST.\nPARLIAMENTARY RETROSPECT.\nPEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT.\nREFORMED CIVIL LIST.\nFRENCH AND ENGLISH REVOLUTION.\nARMED DISCIPLINE.\nGILDED DESPOTISM.\nOUR FRENCH DANGERS.\nSIR GEORGE SAVILLE.\nCORRUPTION NOT SELF-REFORMED.\nTHE BRIBED AND THE BRIBERS.\nHYDER ALI.\nREFORMATION AND ANARCHY CONTRASTED AND COMPARED.\nCONFIDENCE AND JEALOUSY.\nECONOMY OF INJUSTICE.\nSUBSISTENCE AND REVENUE.\nAUTHORITY AND VENALITY.\nPREROGATIVE OF THE CROWN AND PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT.\nBURKE AND FOX.\nPEERS AND COMMONS.\nNATURAL SELF-DESTRUCTION.\nTHE CARNATIC.\nABSTRACT THEORY OF HUMAN LIBERTY.\nPOLITICS AND THE PULPIT.\nIDEA OF FRENCH REVOLUTION.\nPATRIOTIC DISTINCTION.\nKINGLY POWER NOT BASED ON POPULAR CHOICE.\nPREACHING DEMOCRACY OF DISSENT.\nJARGON OF REPUBLICANISM.\nCONSERVATIVE PROGRESS OF INHERITED FREEDOM.\nCONSERVATION AND CORRECTION.\nHEREDITARY SUCCESSION OF ENGLISH CROWN.\nLIMITS OF LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY.\nOUR CONSTITUTION, NOT FABRICATED, BUT INHERITED.\nLOW AIMS AND LOW INSTRUMENTS.\nHOUSE OF COMMONS CONTRASTED WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.\nPROPERTY, MORE THAN ABILITY, REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT.\nVIRTUE AND WISDOM QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT.\nNATURAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS.\nMARIE ANTOINETTE.\nSPIRIT OF A GENTLEMAN AND THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION.\nPOWER SURVIVES OPINION.\nCHIVALRY A MORALIZING CHARM.\nSACREDNESS OF MORAL INSTINCTS.\nPARENTAL EXPERIENCE.\nREVOLUTIONARY SCENE.\nECONOMY ON STATE PRINCIPLES.\nPHILOSOPHICAL VANITY; ITS MAXIMS, AND EFFECTS.\nUNITY BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.\nTRIPLE BASIS OF FRENCH REVOLUTION.\nCORRESPONDENT SYSTEM OF MANNERS AND MORALS.\nFEROCITY OF JACOBINISM.\nVOICE OF OPPRESSION.\nBRITAIN VINDICATED IN HER WAR WITH FRANCE.\nPOLISH AND FRENCH REVOLUTION.\nEUROPE IN 1789.\nATHEISM CANNOT REPENT.\nOUTWARD DIGNITY OF THE CHURCH DEFENDED.\nDANGER OF ABSTRACT VIEWS.\nAPPEAL TO IMPARTIALITY.\nHISTORICAL ESTIMATE OF LOUIS XVI.\nNEGATIVE RELIGION A NULLITY.\nANTECHAMBER OF REGICIDE.\nTREMENDOUSNESS OF WAR.\nENGLISH OFFICERS.\nDIPLOMACY OF HUMILIATION.\nRELATION OF WEALTH TO NATIONAL DIGNITY.\nAMBASSADORS OF INFAMY.\nDIFFICULTY THE PATH TO GLORY.\nROBESPIERRE AND HIS COUNTERPARTS.\nACCUMULATION, A STATE PRINCIPLE.\nWARNING FOR A NATION.\nSANTERRE AND TALLIEN.\nSIR SYDNEY SMITH.\nA MORAL DISTINCTION.\nINFIDELS AND THEIR POLICY.\nWHAT A MINISTER SHOULD ATTEMPT.\nLAW OF VICINITY.\nEUROPEAN COMMUNITY.\nPERILS OF JACOBIN PEACE.\nPARLIAMENTARY AND REGAL PREROGATIVE.\nBURKE'S DESIGN IN HIS GREATEST WORK.\nLORD KEPPEL.\n\"LABOURING POOR.\"\nSTATE CONSECRATED BY THE CHURCH.\nFATE OF LOUIS XVIII.\nNOBILITY.\nLEGISLATION AND REPUBLICANS.\nPRINCIPLE OF STATE-CONSECRATION.\nBRITISH STABILITY.\nLITERARY ATHEISTS.\nCITY OF PARIS.\nPRINCIPLE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.\nPARSIMONY NOT ECONOMY.\nMAJESTY OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.\nDUTY NOT BASED ON WILL.\nECCLESIASTICAL CONFISCATION.\nMORAL OF HISTORY.\nUSE OF DEFECTS IN HISTORY.\nSOCIAL CONTRACT.\nPRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS.\nMADNESS OF INNOVATION.\nTHE STATE, ITS OWN REVENUE.\nMETAPHYSICAL DEPRAVITY.\nPERSONAL AND ANCESTRAL CLAIMS.\nMONASTIC AND PHILOSOPHIC SUPERSTITION.\nDIFFICULTY AND WISDOM OF CORPORATE REFORM.\nDISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF ENGLISH PROTESTANTISM.\nFICTITIOUS LIBERTY.\nFRENCH IGNORANCE OF ENGLISH CHARACTER.\nTHE \"PEOPLE,\" AND \"OMNIPOTENCE\" OF PARLIAMENT.\nMAGNANIMITY OF ENGLISH PEOPLE.\nTRUE BASIS OF CIVIL SOCIETY.\nROUSSEAU.\nMORAL HEROES.\nKINGDOM OF FRANCE.\nGRIEVANCE AND OPINION.\nPERPLEXITY AND POLICY.\nHISTORICAL INSTRUCTION.\nMONTESQUIEU.\nARTICLES, AND SCRIPTURE.\nPROBLEM OF LEGISLATION.\nORDER, LABOUR, AND PROPERTY.\nREGICIDAL LEGISLATURE.\nGOVERNMENT NOT TO BE RASHLY CENSURED.\nETIQUETTE.\nANCIENT ESTABLISHMENTS.\nSENTIMENT AND POLICY.\nPATRIOTISM.\nNECESSITY, A RELATIVE TERM.\nKING JOHN AND THE POPE.\nCONSUMPTION AND PRODUCE.\n\"PRIESTS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN.\"\n\"HIS GRACE.\"\nSPECULATION AND HISTORY.\nLABOUR AND WAGES.\nA COMPLETE REVOLUTION.\nBRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.\nMONEY AND SCIENCE.\nPOLITICAL AXIOMS.\nDISAPPOINTED AMBITION.\nDIFFICULTY AN INSTRUCTOR.\nSOVEREIGN JURISDICTIONS.\nPRUDERY OF FALSE REFORM.\nEXAGGERATION.\nTACTICS OF CABAL.\nGOVERNMENT, RELATIVE, NOT ABSOLUTE.\nGENERAL VIEWS.\nMAGNITUDE IN BUILDING.\nSOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.\nEAST-INDIA BILL AND COMPANY.\nPARLIAMENTS AND ELECTIONS.\nRELIGION AND MAGISTRACY.\nPERSECUTION, FALSE IN THEORY.\nIRISH LEGISLATION.\nHENRY OF NAVARRE.\nTEST ACTS.\nWHAT FACTION OUGHT TO TEACH.\nGRIEVANCES BY LAW.\nREVOLUTIONARY POLITICS.\nTOLERATION BECOME INTOLERANT.\nWILKES AND RIGHT OF ELECTION.\nROCKINGHAM AND CONWAY.\nPOLITICS IN THE PULPIT.\nWILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.\nKING ALFRED.\nDRUIDS.\nSAXON CONQUEST AND CONVERSION.\nMINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY.\nMONASTIC INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR RESULTS.\nCOMMON LAW AND MAGNA CHARTA.\nEUROPE AND THE NORMAN INVASION.\nANCIENT INHABITANTS OF BRITAIN.\nPUBLIC PROSECUTIONS.\nTRUE NATURE OF A JACOBIN WAR.\nNATIONAL DIGNITY.\nPRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT NOT ABSOLUTE, BUT RELATIVE.\nDECLARATION OF 1793.\nMORAL DIET.\nKING WILLIAM'S POLICY.\nDISTEMPER OF REMEDY.\nWAR AND WILL OF THE PEOPLE.\nFALSE POLICY IN OUR FRENCH WAR.\nMORAL ESSENCE MAKES A NATION.\nPUBLIC SPIRIT.\nPROGRESSIVE GROWTH OF CHRISTIAN STATES.\nPETTY INTERESTS.\nPIUS VII.\nEXTINCTION OF LOCAL PATRIOTISM.\nWALPOLE AND HIS POLICY.\nPOLITICAL PEACE.\nPUBLIC LOANS.\nHISTORICAL STRICTURES.\nCONSTITUTION NOT THE PEOPLE'S SLAVE.\nMODERN \"LIGHTS.\"\nREPUBLICS IN THE ABSTRACT.\nAN ENGLISH MONARCH.\nPHYSIOGNOMY.\nTHE EYE.\nABOLITION AND USE OF PARLIAMENTS.\nCROMWELL AND HIS CONTRASTS.\nDELICACY.\nCONFISCATION AND CURRENCY.\n\"OMNIPOTENCE OF CHURCH PLUNDER.\"\nUGLINESS.\nGRACE.\nELEGANCE AND SPECIOUSNESS.\nTHE BEAUTIFUL IN FEELING.\nTHE BEAUTIFUL IN SOUNDS.\nBRITISH CHURCH.\nINDEX.\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIn Twelve Volumes\nVolume The First\nCONTENTS OF VOL. I.\nADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER, PREFIXED TO THE FIRST OCTAVO EDITION\nADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND OCTAVO EDITION\nA VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY: OR, A VIEW OF THE MISERIES AND EVILS ARISING TO MANKIND FROM EVERY SPECIES OF ARTIFICIAL SOCIETY\nPREFACE\nA LETTER TO LORD ****\nA PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL; WITH AN INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE CONCERNING TASTE\n      PREFACE\n      CONTENTS\n      INTRODUCTION\n      PART I\n      PART II\n      PART III\n      PART IV\n      PART V\n      APPENDIX\nA SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION\nOBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION, INTITULED, \"THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION\"\nTHOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIn Twelve Volumes\nVolume The Second\nCONTENTS\nSPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION, April 19, 1774\nPREFACE\nSPEECH\nSPEECHES ON ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL, October 13 and November 3, 1774\nEDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.\nSPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL.\nSPEECH TO THE ELECTORS OF BRISTOL, ON HIS BEING DECLARED BY THE SHERIFFS DULY ELECTED ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THAT CITY, ON THURSDAY, THE 3D OF NOVEMBER, 1774.\nSPEECH ON MOVING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA, March 22, 1775\nLETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA, April 3, 1777\nTWO LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF BRISTOL, ON THE BILLS DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND, April 23 and May 2, 1778\nTO SAMUEL SPAN, ESQ., MASTER OF THE SOCIETY OF MERCHANTS ADVENTURERS OF BRISTOL.\nCOPY OF A LETTER TO MESSRS. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 AND CO., BRISTOL.\nSPEECH 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\nSPEECH AT BRISTOL PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION, September 6, 1780\nSPEECH AT BRISTOL ON DECLINING THE POLL, September 9, 1780\nSPEECH ON MR. FOX'S EAST INDIA BILL, December 1, 1783\nA REPRESENTATION TO HIS MAJESTY, MOVED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 14, 1784\nPREFACE\nMOTION\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE THIRD\nCONTENTS OF VOL. III.\nSPEECH ON THE NABOB OF ARCOT'S DEBTS, February 28, 1785; with an Appendix\nSUBSTANCE OF SPEECH ON THE ARMY ESTIMATES, February 9, 1790\nREFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE FOURTH\nCONTENTS OF VOL IV.\nLETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, IN ANSWER TO SOME OBJECTIONS TO HIS BOOK ON FRENCH AFFAIRS\nAPPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS\nLETTER TO A PEER OF IRELAND ON THE PENAL LAWS AGAINST IRISH CATHOLICS\nLETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND\nHINTS FOR A MEMORIAL TO BE DELIVERED TO MONSIEUR DE M.M.\nTHOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS\nHEADS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS\nREMARKS ON THE POLICY OF THE ALLIES WITH RESPECT TO FRANCE: WITH AN APPENDIX\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE FIFTH\nCONTENTS OF VOL. V.\nOBSERVATIONS ON THE CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, 1793 1\nPREFACE TO THE ADDRESS OF M. BRISSOT TO HIS CONSTITUENTS; WITH AN APPENDIX 65\nLETTER TO WILLIAM ELLIOT, ESQ., OCCASIONED BY A SPEECH MADE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS BY THE **** OF *******, IN THE DEBATE CONCERNING LORD FITZWILLIAM, 1795 107\nTHOUGHTS AND DETAILS ON SCARCITY 131\nLETTER 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 171\nTHREE LETTERS TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ON THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE WITH THE REGICIDE DIRECTORY OF FRANCE.\nLETTER I. ON THE OVERTURES OF PEACE 233\nLETTER II. ON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AS IT REGARDS OTHER NATIONS 342\nLETTER III. ON THE RUPTURE OF THE NEGOTIATION; THE TERMS OF PEACE PROPOSED; AND THE RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR 384\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE SIXTH\nCONTENTS OF VOL. VI.\nPREFACE TO THE SECOND POSTHUMOUS VOLUME, IN A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM ELLIOT v\nFOURTH LETTER ON THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE WITH THE REGICIDE DIRECTORY OF FRANCE; WITH THE PRELIMINARY CORRESPONDENCE 1\nLETTER TO THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA, November 1, 1791 113\nLETTER TO SIR CHARLES BINGHAM, BART., ON THE IRISH ABSENTEE TAX, October 30, 1773 121\nLETTER TO THE HON. CHARLES JAMES FOX, ON THE AMERICAN WAR, October 8, 1777 135\nLETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM, WITH ADDRESSES TO THE KING, 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 149\nLETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND S. PERRY, IN RELATION TO A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND, July 18, 1778 197\nTWO LETTERS TO THOMAS BURGH, ESQ., AND JOHN MERLOTT, ESQ., IN VINDICATION OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY CONDUCT RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND, 1780 207\nLETTERS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE EXECUTIONS OF THE RIOTERS IN 1780 239\nLETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY DUNDAS: WITH THE SKETCH OF A NEGRO CODE, 1792 255\nLETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MEETING, HELD AT AYLESBURY, APRIL 13, 1780, ON THE SUBJECT OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM 291\nFRAGMENTS OF A TRACT RELATIVE TO THE LAWS AGAINST POPERY IN IRELAND 299\nLETTER TO WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ., ON THE SUBJECT OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION, January 29, 1795 361\nSECOND LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE, ON THE CATHOLIC QUESTION, May 26, 1795 375\nLETTER TO RICHARD BURKE, ESQ., ON PROTESTANT ASCENDENCY IN IRELAND, 1793 385\nLETTER ON THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND, 1797 413\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE SEVENTH\nCONTENTS OF VOL. VII\nFRAGMENTS AND NOTES OF SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.\nSPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY, February 6, 1772 3\nSPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS, March 7, 1773 21\nSPEECH 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 39\nSPEECH RELATIVE TO THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION, February 7, 1771 59\nSPEECH ON A BILL FOR SHORTENING THE DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS, May 8, 1780 69\nSPEECH ON A MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE STATE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT, May 7, 1782 89\nSPEECH 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 105\nSPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MARRIAGE ACT, June 15, 1781 129\nSPEECH 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 137\nHINTS FOR AN ESSAY ON THE DRAMA 143\nAN ESSAY TOWARDS AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE ENGLISH HISTORY. IN THREE BOOKS.\n\n\n\tBOOK I.\nCHAP. I. \tCauses of the Connection between the Romans and Britons.\u2014C\u00e6sar's two Invasions of Britain \t159\nII. \tSome Account of the Ancient Inhabitants of Britain \t170\nIII. \tThe Reduction of Britain by the Romans \t189\nIV. \tThe Fall of the Roman Power in Britain \t214\n\tBOOK II.\nCHAP. I. \tThe Entry and Settlement of the Saxons, and their Conversion to Christianity \t227\nII. \tEstablishment of Christianity\u2014of Monastic Institutions \u2014and of their Effects \t240\nIII. \tSeries of Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Alfred: with the Invasion of the Danes \t255\nIV. \tReign of King Alfred \t261\nV. \tSuccession of Kings from Alfred to Harold \t269\nVI. \tHarold II.\u2014Invasion of the Normans.\u2014Account of that People, and of the State of England at the Time of the Invasion \t280\nVII. \tOf the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons \t291\n\tBOOK III.\nCHAP. I. \tView of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion \t327\nII. \tReign of William the Conqueror \t335\nIII. \tReign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus \t364\nIV. \tReign of Henry I \t375\nV. \tReign of Stephen \t386\nVI. \tReign of Henry II \t394\nVII. \tReign of Richard I \t425\nVIII. \tReign of John \t437\nIX. \tFragment.\u2014An Essay towards an History of the Laws of England \t475\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\n\n\n\nCONTENTS OF VOL. VIII\nNINTH REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. JUNE 25, 1783.\nOBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE COMPANY'S AFFAIRS IN INDIA 3\nCONNECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH INDIA 41\nEFFECT OF THE REVENUE INVESTMENT ON THE COMPANY 56\nINTERNAL TRADE OF BENGAL 75\nSILK 83\nRAW SILK 88\nCLOTHS, OR PIECE-GOODS 99\nOPIUM 116\nSALT 142\nSALTPETRE 170\nBRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA 173\nELEVENTH REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE APPENDIX. NOVEMBER 18, 1783 217\nARTICLES 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.\u2014ARTICLES I.-VI.\nI. ROHILLA WAR 307\nII. SHAH ALLUM 319\nIII. BENARES\nPART I. RIGHTS AND TITLES OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES 327\nPART II. DESIGNS OF MR. HASTINGS TO RUIN THE RAJAH OF BENARES 339\nPART III. EXPULSION OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES 354\nPART IV. SECOND REVOLUTION IN BENARES 380\nPART V. THIRD REVOLUTION IN BENARES 386\nIV. PRINCESSES OF OUDE 397\nV. REVOLUTIONS IN FURRUCKABAD 467\nVI. DESTRUCTION OF THE RAJAH OF SAHLONE 484\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE NINTH\nCONTENTS OF VOL IX.\nCONTENTS OF VOL IX.\nARTICLES OF CHARGE\nVII.\u2014CONTRACTS.\nVIII.\u2014PRESENTS.\nIX.\u2014RESIGNATION OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL.\nX.\u2014SURGEON-GENERAL'S CONTRACT.\nXI.\u2014CONTRACTS FOR POOLBUNDY REPAIRS.\nXII.\u2014CONTRACTS FOR OPIUM.\nXIII.\u2014APPOINTMENT OF R.J. SULIVAN.\nXIV.\u2014RANNA OF GOHUD.\nXV.\u2014REVENUES.\nXVI.\u2014MISDEMEANORS IN OUDE.\nXVII.\u2014MAHOMED REZA KH\u00c2N.\nXVIII.\u2014THE MOGUL DELIVERED UP TO THE MAHRATTAS.\nXIX.\u2014LIBEL ON THE COURT OF DIRECTORS.\nXX.\u2014MAHRATTA WAR AND PEACE.\nXXI.\u2014CORRESPONDENCE.\nXXII.\u2014FYZOOLA KH\u00c2N.\nAPPENDIX\nSPEECHES\nSPEECH\nSPEECH\nFOOTNOTES:\n\n\nARTICLES 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.\u2014ARTICLES VII.-XXII.\nART. VII. CONTRACTS3\nVIII. PRESENTS 22\nIX. RESIGNATION OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL 42\nX. SURGEON-GENERAL'S CONTRACT 60\nXI. CONTRACTS FOR POOLBUNDY REPAIRS 60\nXII. CONTRACTS FOR OPIUM 63\nXIII. APPOINTMENT OF R.J. SULIVAN 70\nXIV. RANNA OF GOHUD 72\nXV. REVENUES\nPART I. 79\nPART II. 87\nXVI. MISDEMEANORS IN OUDE 95\nXVII. MAHOMED REZA KH\u00c2N 179\nXVIII. THE MOGUL DELIVERED UP TO THE MAHRATTAS 202\nXIX. LIBEL ON THE COURT OF DIRECTORS 228\nXX. MAHRATTA WAR AND PEACE 238\nXXI. CORRESPONDENCE 266\nXXII. FYZOOLA KH\u00c2N\nPART I. RIGHTS OF FYZOOLA KH\u00c2N, ETC., BEFORE THE TREATY OF LALL-DANG 268\nPART II. RIGHTS OF FYZOOLA KH\u00c2N UNDER THE TREATY OF LALL-DANG 275\nPART III. GUARANTY OF THE TREATY OF LALL-DANG 278\nPART IV. THANKS OF THE BOARD TO FYZOOLA KH\u00c2N 286\nPART V. DEMAND OF FIVE THOUSAND HORSE 287\nPART VI. TREATY OF CHUNAR 296\nPART VII. CONSEQUENCES OF THE TREATY OF CHUNAR 302\nPART VIII. PECUNIARY COMMUTATION OF THE STIPULATED AID 306\nPART IX. FULL VINDICATION OF FYZOOLA KH\u00c2N BY MAJOR PALMER AND MR. HASTINGS 313\nAPPENDIX TO THE EIGHTH AND SIXTEENTH CHARGES 319\nSPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL.\nSPEECH IN OPENING THE IMPEACHMENT.\nFIRST DAY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1788 329\nSECOND DAY; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 396\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE TENTH\nCONTENTS OF VOL. X.\nSPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL.\nSPEECH IN OPENING THE IMPEACHMENT.\nTHIRD DAY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1788 3\nFOURTH DAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 99\nSPEECH ON THE SIXTH ARTICLE OF CHARGE.\nFIRST DAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1789 149\nSECOND DAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 25 240\nTHIRD DAY: TUESDAY, MAY 5 306\nFOURTH DAY: THURSDAY, MAY 7\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE ELEVENTH\n\n\n\nCONTENTS OF VOL. XI.\nREPORT 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 THE ANIMADVERSIONS OF LORD THURLOW. 1794.\nSPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL. (CONTINUED.)\nSPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY.\nFIRST DAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1794 157\nSECOND DAY: FRIDAY, MAY 30 227\nTHIRD DAY: TUESDAY, JUNE 3 300\nFOURTH DAY: THURSDAY, JUNE 5 372\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE\nIN TWELVE VOLUMES\nVOLUME THE TWELFTH\n\n\n\nCONTENTS OF VOL. XII.\nSPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL. (CONTINUED.)\nSPEECH IN GENERAL REPLY.\nFIFTH DAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1794 3\nSIXTH DAY: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 75\nSEVENTH DAY: THURSDAY, JUNE 12 143\nEIGHTH DAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 14 235\nNINTH DAY: MONDAY, JUNE 16 335\nGENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 401\nINDEX 407","title":"Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Edmund Burke","tradition":"philosophy-ethics","translated_text":null,"word_count":3583}