The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)

by Edmund Burke

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THE WORKS
OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
EDMUND BURKE

IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOLUME THE SEVENTH

London
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C.
MDCCCLXXXVII

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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, February 17, 1772] [137]
• [HINTS FOR AN ESSAY ON THE DRAMA] [143]
• [AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE ENGLISH HISTORY. IN THREE BOOKS.]
• [BOOK I.]
• CHAP. [I.]
• [Causes of the Connection between the Romans and Britons.—Cæsar's two Invasions of Britain]
• [159]
• [II.]
• [Some Account of the Ancient Inhabitants of Britain]
• [170]
• [III.]
• [The Reduction of Britain by the Romans]
• [189]
• [IV.]
• [The Fall of the Roman Power in Britain]
• [214]
• [BOOK II.]
• CHAP. [I.]
• [The Entry and Settlement of the Saxons, and their Conversion to Christianity]
• [227]
• [II.]
• [Establishment of Christianity—of Monastic Institutions —and of their Effects]
• [240]
• [III.]
• [Series of Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Alfred: with the Invasion of the Danes]
• [255]
• [IV.]
• [Reign of King Alfred]
• [261]
• [V.]
• [Succession of Kings from Alfred to Harold]
• [269]
• [VI.]
• [Harold II.—Invasion of the Normans.—Account of that People, and of the State of England at the Time of the Invasion]
• [280]
• [VII.]
• [Of the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons]
• [291]
• [BOOK III.]
• CHAP. [I.]
• [View of the State of Europe at the Time of the Norman Invasion]
• [327]
• [II.]
• [Reign of William the Conqueror]
• [335]
• [III.]
• [Reign of William the Second, surnamed Rufus]
• [364]
• [IV.]
• [Reign of Henry I]
• [375]
• [V.]
• [Reign of Stephen]
• [386]
• [VI.]
• [Reign of Henry II]
• [394]
• [VII.]
• [Reign of Richard I]
• [425]
• [VIII.]
• [Reign of John]
• [437]
• [IX.]
• [Fragment.—An Essay towards an History of the Laws of England]
• [475]