The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)
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THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE
IN TWELVE VOLUMES VOLUME THE SEVENTH
CONTENTS OF VOL. VII
FRAGMENTS AND NOTES OF SPEECHES.
SPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY FEBRUARY 6, 1772.
NOTE.
SPEECH.
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. MARCH 17, 1773.
NOTE.
SPEECH.
SPEECH ON A MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY THE RIGHT HON. C.J. FOX, MAY 11, 1793, 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
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SPEECH ON THE MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 7, 1771, RELATIVE TO THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION.
NOTE.
SPEECH.
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR SHORTENING THE DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS. MAY 8, 1780.
SPEECH ON A MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 7, 1782, FOR A COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE STATE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT.
SPEECH ON A MOTION, MADE BY THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM DOWDESWELL, MARCH 7, 1771, FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL FOR EXPLAINING THE POWERS OF JURIES IN PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBELS. TOGETHER WITH A LETTER IN VINDICATION OF THAT MEASURE, AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED BILL.
LETTER
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LIBEL BILL.
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MARRIAGE ACT. JUNE 15, 1781.
SPEECH ON A MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 17, 1772, FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL TO QUIET THE POSSESSIONS OF THE SUBJECT AGAINST DORMANT CLAIMS OF THE CHURCH.
HINTS FOR AN ESSAY ON THE DRAMA.
NOTE.
HINTS FOR AN ESSAY ON THE DRAMA.
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AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE ENGLISH HISTORY. IN THREE BOOKS.
AN ABRIDGMENT OF ENGLISH HISTORY. BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND BRITONS.—CAESAR'S TWO INVASIONS OF BRITAIN.
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CHAPTER II. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF BRITAIN.
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CHAPTER III. THE REDUCTION OF BRITAIN BY THE ROMANS.
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CHAPTER IV. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN POWER IN BRITAIN.
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BOOK II
CHAPTER I. THE ENTRY AND SETTLEMENT OF THE SAXONS, AND THEIR CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY.
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CHAPTER II. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY—OF MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS—AND OF THEIR EFFECTS.
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CHAPTER III. SERIES OF ANGLO-SAXON KINGS FROM ETHELBERT TO ALFRED: WITH THE INVASION OF THE DANES.
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CHAPTER IV. REIGN OF KING ALFRED.
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CHAPTER V. SUCCESSION OF KINGS FROM ALFRED TO HAROLD.
CHAPTER VI. HAROLD II.—INVASION OF THE NORMANS.—ACCOUNT OF THAT PEOPLE, AND OF THE STATE OF ENGLAND AT THE TIME OF THE INVASION.
CHAPTER VII. OF THE LAWS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE SAXONS.
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BOOK III.
CHAPTER I. VIEW OF THE STATE OF EUROPE AT THE TIME OF THE NORMAN INVASION.
CHAPTER II. REIGN OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.
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CHAPTER III. REIGN OF WILLIAM THE SECOND, SURNAMED RUFUS.
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CHAPTER IV. REIGN OF HENRY I.
CHAPTER V. REIGN OF STEPHEN.
CHAPTER VI. REIGN OF HENRY II.
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CHAPTER VII. REIGN OF RICHARD I.
CHAPTER VIII. REIGN OF JOHN.
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CHAPTER IX. FRAGMENT.—AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN HISTORY OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.
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END OF VOL. VII.
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