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Edmund Burke, Speech on Conciliation with America, March 22, 1775
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Title: Burke 's Speech on Conciliation with America Author: Edmund Burke Release Date: May, 2004 [EBook #5655] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on August 5, 2002] Edition: 10 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, BURKE 'S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA ***

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BURKE 'S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY SIDNEY CARLETON NEWSOM TEACHER OF ENGLISH, MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

PREFACE The introduction to this edition of Burke 's speech on Conciliation with America is intended to supply the needs of those students who do not have access to a well-stocked library, or who, for any reason, are unable to do the collateral reading necessary for a complete understanding of the text. The sources from which information has been drawn


Bibliography: A GROUP OF WRITERS COMING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE BURKE Addison. . . . 1672-1719 Steele . . . . 1672-1729 Defoe. . . . . 1661-1731 Swift. . . . . 1667-1745 Pope . . . . . 1688-1744 Richardson . . 1689-1761 A GROUP OF WRITERS CONTEMPORARY WITH BURKE Johnson Wordsworth . . . . 1770-1850 Coleridge . . . . . 1772-1834 Byron . . . . . . . 1788-1824 Shelley . . . . . . 1792-1822 Keats . . . . . . . 1795-1821 Scott . . . . . . . 1771-1832 TOPICS FOR SPECIAL REPORTS 1 EDMUND BURKE ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 22, 1775 I hope, Sir, that notwithstanding the austerity of the Chair, your good nature will incline you to some degree of indulgence towards human frailty
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