Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS ## SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE ## SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. I. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. II. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. III. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. IV. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. V. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. VI. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. VII. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. VIII. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. IX. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. X. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. XI. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE ## VOL. XII. THE WORKS OF EDMUND BURKE TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES BURKE'S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA By Edmond Burke CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION EDMUND BURKE BURKE AS A STATESMAN A GROUP OF WRITERS COMING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE BURKE A GROUP OF WRITERS CONTEMPORARY WITH BURKE BURKE IN LITERATURE A GROUP OF WRITERS COMING IMMEDIATELY AFTER BURKE TOPICS FOR SPECIAL REPORTS BIBLIOGRAPHY EDMUND BURKE: ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 22, 1775 FOOTNOTES SELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE. By Edmund Burke CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. APPENDIX. SELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE. NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. RETROSPECT AND RESIGNATION. MODESTY OF MIND. NEWTON AND NATURE. THEORY AND PRACTICE. INDUCTION AND COMPARISON. DIVINE POWER ON THE HUMAN IDEA. UNION OF LOVE AND DREAD IN RELIGION. OFFICE OF SYMPATHY. WORDS. NATURE ANTICIPATES MAN. SELF-INSPECTION. POWER OF THE OBSCURE. FEMALE BEAUTY. NOVELTY AND CURIOSITY. PLEASURES OF ANALOGY. AMBITION. EXTENSIONS OF SYMPATHY. PHILOSOPHY OF TASTE. CLEARNESS AND STRENGTH IN STYLE. UNITY OF IMAGINATION. EFFECT OF WORDS. INVESTIGATION. SUBLIME. OBSCURITY. PRINCIPLES OF TASTE. THE BEAUTIFUL. THE REAL AND THE IDEAL. JUDGMENT IN ART. MORAL EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE. SECURITY OF TRUTH. IMITATION AN INSTINCTIVE LAW. STANDARD OF REASON AND TASTE. USE OF THEORY. POLITICAL OUTCASTS. INJUSTICE TO OUR OWN AGE. FALSE COALITIONS. POLITICAL EMPIRICISM. A VISIONARY. PARTY DIVISIONS. DECORUM IN PARTY. NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM. POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLE. MORAL DEBASEMENT PROGRESSIVE. DESPOTISM. JUDGMENT AND POLICY. POPULAR DISCONTENT. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR RULERS. GOVERNMENT FAVOURITISM. ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION. INFLUENCE OF THE CROWN. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. FALLACY OF EXTREMES. PRIVATE CHARACTER A BASIS FOR PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. PREVENTION. CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE. FALSE MAXIMS ASSUMED AS FIRST PRINCIPLES. LORD CHATHAM. GRENVILLE. CHARLES TOWNSHEND. PARTY AND PLACE. POLITICAL CONNECTIONS. NEUTRALITY. WEAKNESS IN GOVERNMENT. AMERICAN PROGRESS. COMBINATION, NOT FACTION. GREAT MEN. POWER OF CONSTITUENTS. INFLUENCE OF PLACE IN GOVERNMENT. TAXATION INVOLVES PRINCIPLE. GOOD MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.