Transcribed from the 1886 Cassell & Company edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org and proofing by David, Terry L. Jeffress, Edgar A. Howard.

THOUGHTS
ON THE
PRESENT DISCONTENTS,
AND
SPEECHES

by
EDMUND BURKE.

CASSELL & COMPANY, Limited:
london, paris, new york & melbourne.
1886.

Contents

Introduction
Thoughts on the Present Discontents
Speech on the Middlesex Election.
Speech on the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libels.
Speech on a Bill for Shortening the Duration of Parliaments
Speech on Reform of Representation in the House of Commons