Select British Eloquence


 * 1) Preface
 * 2) Sir John Eliot
 * 3) /Speech on the Petition of Right/
 * 4) The Earl of Strafford
 * 5) /Speech when impeached for High Treason/
 * 6) Lord Digby
 * 7) /Speech against the attainder of Strafford/
 * 8) Lord Belhaven
 * 9) Speech against the legislative union of England and Scotland
 * 10) Sir Robert Walpole
 * 11) Wyndham and Walpole on the Septennial Act:
 * 12) Septennial Act introduction
 * 13) Sir William Wyndham's attack on Sir Robert Walpole
 * 14) /Speech on the Septennial Act/
 * 15) Addressing the King on Walpole's removal
 * 16) Introduction to Speech on addressing the King for his removal
 * 17) Speech on addressing the King for his removal
 * 18) Mr. Pulteney
 * 19) /Speech on reducing the army/
 * 20) Lord Chesterfield
 * 21) /Speech against licensing gin-shops/
 * 22) Lord Chatham
 * 23) /Speech on a motion for an address on the marriage of the Prince of Wales/
 * 24) /Speech on the Spanish Convention/
 * 25) /Speech on the impressment of seamen/
 * 26) /Speech in reply to Horatio Walpole/
 * 27) /Speech in favor of inquiring into the conduct of Sir Robert Walpole/
 * 28) /Second speech in favor of inquiring into the conduct of Sir Robert Walpole/
 * 29) /Speech on taking the Hanoverian troops into the pay of Great Britain/
 * 30) /Speech on a motion for an address of thanks after the Battle of Dettingen/
 * 31) /Speech on the right of taxing America/
 * 32) /Speech in reply to Lord Mansfield in relation to the case of John Wilkes/
 * 33) /Speech on a motion to inquire into the state of the nation/
 * 34) /Speech in relation to the seizure of the Falkland Islands by Spain/
 * 35) /Speech against the quartering of British soldiers on the inhabitants of Boston/
 * 36) /Speech in favor of an immediate removal of the British troops from Boston/
 * 37) /Speech on a motion for an address to put a stop to hostilities in America/
 * 38) /Speech on a motion for an address to the Throne at the opening of Parliament, November 18th, 1777/
 * 39) /Speech against a motion for adjourning Parliament, December 11th, 1777/
 * 40) /Last speech upon America, with the circumstances of his death/
 * 41) Lord Mansfield
 * 42) /Speech on the right of taxing America/
 * 43) /Speech when surrounded by a mob in the court of King's Bench/
 * 44) /Speech in the case of Allan Evans, Esq./
 * 45) /Speech on a bill depriving Peers of certain privileges/
 * 46) Junius
 * 47) Letter to the printer of the Public Advertiser
 * 48) Letter to Sir William Draper (February 7, 1769)
 * 49) Letter to Sir William Draper (March 3, 1769)
 * 50) Letter to the Duke of Grafton (May 30, 1769)
 * 51) Letter to the Duke of Grafton (July 8, 1769)
 * 52) Letter to the Duke of Bedford
 * 53) Letter to the King
 * 54) Letter to the Duke of Grafton (February 14, 1770)
 * 55) Estimate of Junius by Mr. Burke and Dr. Johnson
 * 56) Edmund Burke
 * 57) /Speech on American taxation/
 * 58) /Speech on concilliation with America/
 * 59) /Speech previous to the Bristol election/
 * 60) /Speech on declining the election at Bristol/
 * 61) /Speech on the East India Bill of Mr. Fox/
 * 62) /Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's debts/
 * 63) Peroration of speech against Warren Hastings
 * 64) Extracts from works on the French Revolution
 * 65) Miscellaneous
 * 66) Mr. Burke on the death of his son
 * 67) Character of Sir Joshua Reynolds
 * 68) Detached sentiments and maxims
 * 69) Henry Grattan
 * 70) /Speech on moving a Declaration of Irish Right/
 * 71) /Speech on making a second motion for a Declaration of Irish Right/
 * 72) Invective against Mr. Flood
 * 73) Invective against Mr. Corry
 * 74) Character of Lord Chatham
 * 75) Richard Brinsley Sheridan
 * 76) /Speech against Warren Hastings when impeached before the House of Lords/
 * 77) Charles James Fox
 * 78) /Speech on the East India Bill/
 * 79) /Speech on secret influence/
 * 80) /Speech on the Westminster scrutiny/
 * 81) /Speech on the Russian armament/
 * 82) /Speech on Parliamentary reform/
 * 83) /Speech on the rejection of Bonaparte's overtures for peace/
 * 84) William Pitt
 * 85) /Speech on the abolition of the slave trade/
 * 86) /Speech on the rupture of negotiations with France/
 * 87) /Speech on refusing to negotiate with Bonaparte/
 * 88) Lord Erskine
 * 89) /Speech in behalf of Lord George Gordon/
 * 90) /Speech on the rights of juries/
 * 91) /Speech in behalf of Stockdale/
 * 92) /Speech in behalf of Frost/
 * 93) /Speech in behalf of Bingham/
 * 94) /Speech in behalf of Hardy/
 * 95) /Speech against Williams for the publication of Paine's Age of Reason/
 * 96) /Speech in behalf of Hadfield/
 * 97) /Speech in behalf of Markham/
 * 98) John Philpot Curran
 * 99) /Speech in behalf of Rowan/
 * 100) /Speech in behalf of Finnerty/
 * 101) /Speech against the Marquess of Headfort/
 * 102) Sir James Mackintosh
 * 103) /Speech in behalf of Peltier/
 * 104) Character of Charles J. Fox
 * 105) George Canning
 * 106) /Speech on the fall of Bonaparte/
 * 107) /Speech on radical reform/
 * 108) /Speech delivered at Plymouth/
 * 109) /Speech on affording aid to Portugal/
 * 110) Extracts
 * 111) Foreign Enlistment Bill
 * 112) On the King's speech
 * 113) On unlawful societies in Ireland
 * 114) Lord Brougham
 * 115) /Speech on the army estimates/
 * 116) /Speech in behalf of Williams/
 * 117) /Speech on the invasion of Spain by France/
 * 118) /Speech on Parliamentary reform/
 * 119) Inaugural discourse, when inducted as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow