Works of Edmund Burke电子书

THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE

Volume 1

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER.[1]

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A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY:

A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS OF

THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION.

OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION,

THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS.

Volume 2

SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION.

SPEECHES AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL,

SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES.

A LETTER TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS, ESQRS.,

TWO LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL.

SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

SPEECH AT THE GUILDHALL IN BRISTOL, PREVIOUS TO THE LATE ELECTION IN THAT CITY,

SPEECH AT BRISTOL, ON DECLINING THE POLL

A REPRESENTATION TO HIS MAJESTY,

Volume 3

SPEECH ON THE MOTION MADE FOR PAPERS

SUBSTANCE OF THE SPEECH

REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE,

Volume 4

A LETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,

AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS,

A LETTER TO A PEER OF IRELAND

A LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE, BART., M.P.,

HINTS FOR A MEMORIAL

THOUGHTS ON FRENCH AFFAIRS,

HEADS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.

REMARKS ON THE POLICY OF THE ALLIES

Volume 5

OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY

PREFACE TO THE ADDRESS OF M. BRISSOT

A LETTER TO WILLIAM ELLIOT, ESQ.,

THOUGHTS AND DETAILS ON SCARCITY.

THREE LETTERS ADDRESSED TO

LETTER I. ON THE OVERTURES OF PEACE.

LETTER II. ON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AS IT REGARDS OTHER NATIONS.

LETTER III. ON THE RUPTURE OF THE NEGOTIATION; THE TERMS OF PEACE PROPOSED; AND THE RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR.

Volume 6

PREFACE TO THE SECOND POSTHUMOUS VOLUME,[1] IN A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM ELLIOT

FOURTH LETTER ON THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE WITH THE REGICIDE DIRECTORY OF FRANCE.

A LETTER TO THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.

A LETTER TO SIR CHARLES BINGHAM, BART.,

A LETTER TO THE HON. CHARLES JAMES FOX, ON THE AMERICAN WAR.

A LETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM, WITH ADDRESSES TO THE KING, AND THE BRITISH COLONISTS IN NORTH AMERICA,

A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND S. PERY

TWO LETTERS TO THOMAS BURGH, ESQ., AND JOHN MERLOTT, ESQ., IN VINDICATION OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY CONDUCT RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND.

LETTERS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE EXECUTIONS OF THE RIOTERS

IN 1780.

A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY DUNDAS,

LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MEETING,

HELD AT AYLESBURY, APRIL 13, 1780, ON THE SUBJECT OF

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

FRAGMENTS OF A TRACT RELATIVE TO THE LAWS AGAINST POPERY IN IRELAND.

A LETTER TO WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ., ON THE SUBJECT OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.

SECOND LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE ON THE CATHOLIC QUESTION.

A LETTER TO RICHARD BURKE, ESQ., ON PROTESTANT ASCENDENCY IN IRELAND.

A LETTER ON THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND.

Volume 7

FRAGMENTS AND NOTES OF SPEECHES.

SPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY

SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS.

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

SPEECH ON THE MOTION MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

SPEECH ON A BILL FOR SHORTENING THE DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS.

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.

SPEECH ON A BILL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MARRIAGE ACT.

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.

AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE ENGLISH HISTORY. IN THREE BOOKS.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND BRITONS.--CAESAR'S TWO INVASIONS OF BRITAIN.

CHAPTER II. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF BRITAIN.

CHAPTER III. THE REDUCTION OF BRITAIN BY THE ROMANS.

CHAPTER IV. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN POWER IN BRITAIN.

BOOK II

CHAPTER I. THE ENTRY AND SETTLEMENT OF THE SAXONS, AND THEIR CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY.

CHAPTER II. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY--OF MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS--AND OF THEIR EFFECTS.

CHAPTER III. SERIES OF ANGLO-SAXON KINGS FROM ETHELBERT TO ALFRED: WITH THE INVASION OF THE DANES.

CHAPTER IV. REIGN OF KING ALFRED.

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.

BOOK III.

CHAPTER I.

VIEW OF THE STATE OF EUROPE AT THE TIME OF THE NORMAN INVASION.

CHAPTER II. REIGN OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.

CHAPTER III. REIGN OF WILLIAM THE SECOND, SURNAMED RUFUS.

CHAPTER IV. REIGN OF HENRY I.

CHAPTER V. REIGN OF STEPHEN.

CHAPTER VI. REIGN OF HENRY II.

CHAPTER VII. REIGN OF RICHARD I.

CHAPTER VIII. REIGN OF JOHN.

CHAPTER IX. FRAGMENT.--AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN HISTORY OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.

Volume 8

NINTH REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA.

I.--OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE COMPANY'S AFFAIRS IN INDIA.

II.--CONNECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH INDIA.

III.--EFFECT OF THE REVENUE INVESTMENT ON THE COMPANY.

INTERNAL TRADE OF BENGAL.

SILK.

RAW SILK

CLOTHS, OR PIECE-GOODS.

OPIUM.

SALT.

SALTPETRE.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.

ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA.

ARTICLES OF CHARGE OF HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL:

I.--ROHILLA WAR.

II.--SHAH ALLUM.

III.--BENARES.

PART I. RIGHTS AND TITLES OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES.

PART II. DESIGNS OF MR. HASTINGS TO RUIN THE RAJAH OF BENARES.

PART III. EXPULSION OF THE RAJAH OF BENARES.

PART IV. SECOND REVOLUTION IN BENARES.

PART V. THIRD REVOLUTION IN BENARES.

IV.--PRINCESSES OF OUDE.

V.--REVOLUTIONS IN FURRUCKABAD.

VI.--DESTRUCTION OF THE RAJAH OF SAHLONE.

Volume 9

ARTICLES OF CHARGE OF HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL:

VII--CONTRACTS.

VIII.--PRESENTS.

IX.--RESIGNATION OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

X.--SURGEON-GENERAL'S CONTRACT.

XI--CONTRACTS FOR POOL BUNDY REPAIRS.

XII.--CONTRACTS FOR OPIUM.

XIII.--APPOINTMENT OF R.J. SULIVAN.

XIV.--RANNA OF GOHUD.

XV.--REVENUES PART I.

REVENUES. PART II.

XVI.--MISDEMEANORS IN OUDE.

XVII.--MAHOMED REZA KHAN.

XVIII.--THE MOGUL DELIVERED UP TO THE MAHBATTAS.

XIX.--LIBEL ON THE COURT OF DIRECTORS.

XX.--MAHRATTA WAR AND PEACE.

XXI.--CORRESPONDENCE.

APPENDIX TO THE EIGHTH AND SIXTEENTH CHARGES.[26]

SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQUIRE, LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL.

FIRST DAY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1788.

SECOND DAY: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1788.

Volume 10

THIRD DAY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1788.

FOURTH DAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1788.

FIRST DAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1789.

SECOND DAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1789.

THIRD DAY: TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1789.

FOURTH DAY: THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1789.

Volume 11

REPORT 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.

FIRST DAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1794

SECOND DAY: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1794.

THIRD DAY: TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1794.

FOURTH DAY: THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1794.

FIFTH DAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1794.

SIXTH DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1794.

SEVENTH DAY. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1794.

EIGHTH DAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1794

NINTH DAY: MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1794.

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INDEX.