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Title: The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12)
Author: Edmund Burke
Release Date: July 14, 2005 [EBook #16292]
Language: English
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THE WORKS
OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
EDMUND BURKE
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOLUME THE SEVENTH
[Illustration: Burke Coat of Arms.]
LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C.
MDCCCLXXXVII
CONTENTS OF VOL. VII
FRAGMENTS AND NOTES OF SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT.
SPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY, February 6, 1772 3
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS,
March 7, 1773 21
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 39
SPEECH RELATIVE TO THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION, February 7, 1771 59
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR SHORTENING THE DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS,
May 8, 1780 69
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE STATE OF
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT, May 7, 1782 89
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 105
SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MARRIAGE ACT,
June 15, 1781 129
SPEECH ON A MOTION FOR LEAVE TO BRING IN A BILL TO QUIET THE
POSSESSIONS OF THE SUBJECT AGAINST DORMANT CLAIMS OF THE CHURCH,
Febru
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