ON THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND UNder the DUKE OF BUCK-

INGHAM. DELIvered in House of Commons, JUNE 3, 1628.

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ON THE SUBJECT of Grievances in the Reign of Charles I.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 5, 1640.

ON THE RIGHT OF TAXING AMERICA. HOUSE OF COMMONS,

JANUARY 14, 1766.

LORD CHATHAM

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ON AN ADDRESS TO THE THRONE CONCERNING AFFAIRS IN

AMERICA. HOUSE OF LORDS, NOVEMBER 18, 1777.

LORD MANSFIELD

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LORD MANSFIELD

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ON THE RIGHT OF ENGLAND TO TAX AMERICA. HOUSE OF

LORDS, FEBRUARY 3, 1766.

EDMUND BURKE .

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MR. BURKE .

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ON MOVING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 22, 1775.

ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES.

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From a painting by JOHN HOPPNER, R.A., in

the National Portrait Gallery.

CHARLES JAMES FOX

From a painting by KARL ANTON HICKEL, in the National Portrait Gallery.

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VOL. III.

WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE

From a steel plate.

Frontispiece

GEORGE CANNING

From a bust by F. CHANTREY, R. A., in the

National Portrait Gallery.

LORD MACAULAY.

P.R.A.,

From a painting by Sir FRANCIS GRANT, P. R. A.,

in the National Portrait Gallery.

RICHARD COBDEN

From a portrait by LowES DICKINSON.

From a painting by Sir JOHN E. MILLAIS, in the

National Portrait Gallery.

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