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Part 1 French Revolution debate
1 Extracts from A Discourse on the Love of Our Country, delivered at the Meeting House in the Old Jewry, to the Society for Commemorating the Revolution in Great Britain, London, 1789, pp. 20–24, 28–43, 49–51
2 Extracts from Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event, London, 1790, pp. 55–58, 83–86
3 Thoughts on the Probable Influence of the French Revolution on Great-Britain, London, 1790
4 Extract from Vindication of the Rights of Men, London, 1790, pp. 135–145
5 Extract from Letters Written in France in the Summer of 1790, to a Friend in England, London, 1790, pp. 22–32
6 Extract from Vindiciae Gallicae, London, 1791, pp. 114–125
7 Extract from Letters to the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France, London, 1791, pp. 1–9
8 Extract from Letters on the Revolution of France, Dublin, 1791, Part 1, pp. 75–77
9 Extracts from Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, London, 1791, pp. 18–20, 52–55
10 Extract from An Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, on the Dangerous and Destructive Tendency of the French System of Liberty and Equality, with an Historical Account of the French Revolution, York, [1793?], pp. 5–11
11 Extracts from Peace and Union Recommended to the Associated Bodies of Republicans and Anti-Republicans, St. Ives, 1793, pp. 1–21, 30–35, 42–44
12 Thoughts on the Death of the King of France, London, 1793
13 Reflections on the Death of Louis XVI, Bristol, 1793
14 Extract from The Example of France, a Warning to Britain, London, 1793, pp. 14–17
15 Extracts from Peace and Reform, against War and Corruption, London, 1794, pp. 1–5, 47–49
16 Extract from An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, 2nd edn, London, 1795, pp. 295–311
17 'On the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, and its Effects on France and other Countries', The Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly Examiner, 1 (20 November 1797): 22–26
18 Extract from Letters on the Female Mind, its Powers and Pursuits; With Particular Reference to the Dangerous Opinions Contained in the Writings of Miss H. M. Williams, 2nd edn, 2 vols. London, 1801, Vol. I, pp. 93–100
Part 2 War with France
19 William Pitt Addressing the House of Commons on the French Declaration of War, 1793, ca. 1793–1795
20 Extract from The Real Grounds of the Present War with France, London, 1793, pp. 1–14
21 The Interest of Great Britain Respecting the French War, London, 1793
22 Promis'd Horrors of the French Invasion, – or – Forcible Reasons for Negotiating a Regicide Peace, 1795
23 Extract from Thoughts on the Prospect of a Regicide Peace, in a Series of Letters, London, 1796, pp. 5–15
24 'The War', from The Watchman, Bristol, 1796, pp. 81–83
25 The Celebrated Speech of the Honourable C. J. Fox, with the Proceedings of the Meeting at the Shakespeare Tavern, on Friday, October 10, 1800, being the Anniversary of his First Election for Westminster wherein he shows the Improper Conduct of Ministers in Continuing an Unjust War . . . to which are added, Two Much Admired Songs . . . , 4th edn, London, 1800
26 Important Considerations for the People of this Kingdom, London, 1803
27 Trafalgar; or, Nelson’s Last Triumph: A Poem, London, [1805?]
28 Extract from Considerations on the Causes, Objects and Consequences of the Present War, and on the Expediency, or the Danger of Peace with France, London, 1808, pp. 1–11
29 Extract from Concerning the Relations of Great Britain, Spain and Portugal to Each Other, and to the Common Enemy at this Crisis; and Specifically as Affected by the Convention of Cintra, London, 1809, pp. 3–23
30 Extract from A Detailed Account of the Battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo: Preceded by a short Relation of Events, Attending the Temporary Revolution of 1815, in France and Concluding with the Immediate Political Consequences of these Decisive Victories, Edinburgh, 1816, pp. 162–166
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Part 3 Radical politics and loyalist responses
31 Extract from Abstract of the History and Proceedings of the Revolution Society in London, London, 1789, pp. 46–51
32 Civic Sermons to the Peoplee, London, 1792
33 ‘Ode VII. On Liberty’e, London, 1792, pp. 32–38
34 Extract from Dialogues on the Rights of Britons, between a Farmer a Sailor and a Manufacturer, London, 1792, pp. 5–24
35 Address of the London Corresponding Society to the Other Societies of Great Britain, London, 1793
36 Village Politics, Addressed to all the Mechanics, Journeymen and Day Labourers in Great Britain, by Will Chip, a Country Carpenter, 3rd edn, London, 1793
37 ‘The Rights of Swine. An Address to the Poor’, from Pigs’ Meat, or, Lessons for the Swinish Multitude, London, [1794?], pp. 97–102
38 Extract from A Review of some of the Political Events which have Occurred in Manchester, During the last Five Years: Being a Sequel to the Trial of Thomas Walker, and Others, for a Conspiracy to Overthrow the Constitution and Government of this Country, and to Aid and Assist the French, Being the King’s Enemies, London, 1794, pp. 62–71
39 ‘Sonnet V: The Source of Slavery’, from Poems Written in Close Confinement in the Tower and Newgate, under a Charge of High Treason, London, 1795, p. 5
40 Extracts from the Trial of James Montgomery for a Libel on the War, by Reprinting and Republishing a Song Originally Printed and Published long before the War, Sheffield, 1795, pp. 7–17, 24–37
41 ‘No. 9. Speech of John Horne Tooke, Esq. Upon the Hustings of Covent-garden, on Monday, June 6, 1796', from The Speeches of John Horne Tooke Esq: on the Hustings in Covent-garden. On being Proposed a Candidate for the City of Westminster, London, [1796?]
42 ‘Letter from a Lady’, The Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly Examiner, 6 (18 December 1797): 195–199
43 Extract from a Few Words to the Friends of the Poor, Concerning an Address to the Labouring Part of the Community, London, 1803, pp. 5–9
44 Sir Francis Burdett’s Address to the Prince Regent; As Proposed in the House of Commons, At the Opening of the Session on the 7th of Jan. 1812. To which is Prefixed the Speech upon that Occasion; and to which is Subjoined the Speech of Lord Cochrane, who Seconded the Motion, London, 1812
45 Extracts from The Rights of Property Vindicated Against the Claims of Universal Suffrage Suffrage, London, 1818, pp. 4–7, 98–102
46 The Political House that Jack Built, 10th edn, London, 1819
47 The Real or Constitutional House that Jack Built, 8th edn, London, 1819
48 The Peterloo Massacre Manchester 1819, 1819
49 Extract from a Letter to Lord Sidmouth, On the Recent Disturbances at Manchester, London, 1819, pp. 3–22
50 Extract from Ireland; its Evils and their Remedies: being a Refutation of the Errors of the Emigration Committee and Others Touching that Country: to which is Prefixed a Synopsis of an Original Treatise, about to be Published, on the Law of Population Developing the real Principle on which it is Universally Regulated, London, 1828, pp. 99–103
51 'Agitation for the Repeal of the Union', from Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, 3rd series, London, 1831, Vol. III, pp. 7–8
Part 4 Parliamentary reform
52 Extract from The National and Constitutional Right of Britons to Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage and the Freedom of Popular Association: Being a Vindication of the Motives and Political Conduct of John Thelwall, and of the London Corresponding Society in general: Intended to have been Delivered at the Bar of the Old Bailey in Confutation of the Late Charges of High Treason, London, 1795, pp. 1–12
53 A Letter to Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P. on the Subject of Reform in the Representation of the People in Parliament, Liverpool, 1811
54 ‘Parliamentary Reform’, The Quarterly Review, 16, 31 (October 1816): 225–278
55 A Bill of Rights and Liberties; or, An Act for a Constitutional Reform of Parliament
56 'Reform Petitions', from Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, 3rd Series, London, 1831, Vol. III, pp. 5–7, 448–450, 576–577
57 'The National Movement', The Scotsman (22 October 1831), p. 3
58 'The Reform Bill – Second Reading', from Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, 3rd series, London, 1831, Vol. III, pp. 629–638
59 The Speech of Lord Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of England, delivered in the House of Lords, Oct. 7, 1831, on the Second Reading of The English Reform Bill, 2nd edn, London, 1831
60 Extract from Memoir of Thomas Hardy, London, 1832, pp. 98–105
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Part 5 Political philosophy
61 Extract from Principles of Moral and Political Science, Edinburgh, 1792, pp. 457–475
62 Extract from an Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness, 2 vols, London, 1793, Vol. I, pp. 219–225
63 Thoughts upon the Origin of the British Constitution; and on the Present Affairs of the Nation. By a Friend to the Constitution, and a Lover of Peace, Order and Humanity, London, 1793
64 Extract from Dissertation on First-Principles of Government, London, 1795, pp. 18–22
65 The Political Litany. Diligently Revised. To be Said or Sung, until the Appointed Change Come, throughout the Dominion of England and Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, Newcastle, 1817
66 ‘What is the People?’, from Political Essays: with Sketches of Public Characters, London, 1819, pp. 307–335
67 Extract from on the Constitution of the Church and State, 2nd edn, London, 1830, pp. 101–129
Part 6 Political economy
68 'Finance', The Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly Examiner, 1 (November 1797): 16–19
69 Extract from an Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society, London, 1798, pp. 1–17
70 'Letter III, to the Rt. Hon. William Pitt. on the Causes of the Decline of Great Britain. – Marks of National Decline', Cobbett's Political Register, 6 (27 October 1804): 609–623
71 Extracts from an Essay of the Impolicy of a Bounty on the Exportation of Grain, London, 1804, pp. 1–5, 67–70
72 Extract from a Letter to Samuel Whitbread Esq. M.P. on his Proposed Bill for the Amendment of the Poor Laws, London, 1807, pp. 5–20
73 Extract from a Reply to the Essay on Population: in a Series of Letters to which are Added Extracts from the Essay, with Notes by the Rev. T. R. Malthus, London, 1807, pp. 3–16
74 Extract from Paper Against Gold and Glory Against Prosperity, or an Account of the Rise, Progress, Extent and Present State of the Funds and of the Paper-Money of Great Britain: and also of the Situation of that Country as to its Debt and other Expenses
75 Extract from on the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, London, 1817, pp. 156–185
76 Extract from of Population: An Enquiry Concerning the Power of Increase in the Numbers of Mankind, Being an Answer to Mr. Malthus’s Essay on that Subject, London, 1820, pp. 612–626
77 The Political “A, Apple-pie;” or, the “Extraordinary Red Book” Versified, 2nd edn, London, 1820
78 Extract from Remarks on Some Fundamental Doctrines in Political Economy; Illustrated by a Brief Inquiry into the Commercial State of Britain, Since the Year 1815, Edinburgh, 1821, pp. 160–187
79 Extract from Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population, London, 1822, pp. 259–268
Part 7 Politics and the monarchy
80 Extract from Important Facts and Opinions Relative to the King; Faithfully Collected from the Examination of the Royal Physicians, and Clearly Arranged Under General Heads, London, 1789, pp. 23–26
81 ‘On the Influence of the Crown’, from The Patriot: or Political, Moral and Philosophical Repository . . . By a
82 A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, 1792
83 Extract from a Letter to the Prince of Wales, on a Second Application to Parliament; to Discharge Debts Wantonly Contracted Since May, 1787, London, 1795, pp. 1–11
84 Military Promotions; or, The Duke and his Dulcinea. A Satirical Poem, London, 1809
85 'We Pity the Plumage but forget the Dying Bird’. An Address to the People on the Death of the Princess Charlotte. By the Hermit of Marlow, London, 1819
86 The Queen’s Case Stated, 3rd edn, London, 1820
87 The Queen’s Matrimonial Ladder, A National Toy, with Fourteen Step Scenes; and Illustrations in Verse, with Eighteen Other Cuts, 21st edn, London, 1820
88 ‘Lying in State of his Late Majesty’, The Times, (16 February 1820): p. 3
89 The Joss and his Folly, London, 1820
90 Extracts from a Brief Account of the Coronation of his Majesty, George IV, July 19, 1821, London, 1821, pp. Frontispiece, 1–2, 8, 12–14, 30–33
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91 The Complaints of the Poor People of England, London, 17933, pp. 52–59
92 An Essay on the Public Merits of Mr. Pitt, London, 1796, p. 155–170
93 The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period;... together with Parochial Reports, 3 vols, London, 1797, Vol. I, pp. 411–430
94 ‘Sapphics. The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder’, The Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly Examiner, 2 (November 1797): 71–72
95 ‘Inquiry into the Poor Laws, &c.’, The Quarterly Review, 8, 16 (December 1812): 319–356
96 ‘Sutherland Tenants’, The Scotsman (25 December 1819), p.7
97 ‘Debate on the Frame Work Bill, in the House of Lords, February 27, 1812’, from The Parliamentary Speeches of Lord Byron, London, 1824, pp. 5-16
98 ‘Essay Second: A New View of Society’, from A New View of Society or, Essays on the Principle of the Formation of the Human Character, and the Application of the Principle to Practice, London, 1813
99 ‘Mr. Owen’s Plan for the Growth of Paupers’, The Black Dwarf (20 August 1817): 465-472
100 Practical Observations on the Education of the People, 15th edn, London, 1825, pp. 6-12
101 The Grievances of Ireland, their Causes and their Remedies: in a Letter to Sir Francis Burdett. Bart. M.P., London, 1826, pp. 1–7, 14–29
102 ‘The Ranter, Written by Order of the Sheffield Mechanics’ Anti-Bread-Tax Society’, from Corn Law Rhymes, 3rd edn, London, 1831, pp. 3–25
Part 9 Politics and justice
103 An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislations, London, 1789, pp. i–vi
104 The Complaints of the Poor People of England, London, 1793, pp. 39–42
105 Observations on the Criminal Law of England, 2nd edn, London, 1811, pp. 3–21
106 A Letter on the Game Laws by a Country Gentleman, a Proprietor of Game, London, 1815, pp. 17–23
107 Hints for the Improvement of Prisons, London, 1817, pp. 9–23
108 Speech of the Marquis of Lansdowne, in the House of Lords. June 3d, 1818, on Moving for Certain Information Relative to the State of the Prisons in the United Kingdom, London, 1818, pp. 11–16
109 ‘Welsh Judicature Bill’, from Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, London, 1824, Vol. X, pp. 926–927
110 Thoughts and Suggestions on the Present Condition of the Country, London, 1830, pp. 8–22, 29–40
Part 10 Women and politics
111 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London, 1792, pp. 320-342
112 Wearing the Breeches, 1794
113 An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex, 2nd edn, London, 1796, pp. 16-36
114 Appeal to the Men of Great Britain in Behalf of Women, London, 1798, pp. 1–7, 15–25, 27–28
115 Thoughts on the Condition of Women, and on the Injustice of Mental Subordination, 2nd edn, London, 1799, pp. 1–9
116 Letters on the Female Mind, its Powers and Pursuits; With Particular Reference to the Dangerous Opinions Contained in the Writings of Miss H. M. Williams, 2nd edn, 2 vols, London, 1801, Vol. I, pp. 192–197
117 ‘Female Education’, The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, 14 (January 1810): 299–315
118 Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Men, to Retain Them in Political and hence in Civil and Domestic Slavery; In Reply to a Paragraph of Mr. Mill’s Celebrated ‘Article on Government’, London, 1825, pp. 166–174
119 Every Woman’s Book, or What is Love?: Abridged for more Extensive Circulation, from No. 18, Vol. XI, of ‘The Republican’, London, 1825, pp. 3–7
120 ‘Aug. 3, 1832. Rights of Women’, from Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, 3rd series, London, 1833,Vol.
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121 Extract from the Right of Protestant Dissenters to a Compleat Toleration Asserted; Containing a Historical Account of the Test Laws, . . . with an Answer to the Objection from the Act of Union with Scotland, by a Layman, 2nd edn, London, 1789, pp. 92–99
122 Extract from Bishop Sherlock’s Arguments Against a Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts: wherein most of the Pleas Advanced in a Paper now Circulating, Styled the Cause of Protestant Dissenters, &c. are Discussed, Oxford, 1790, pp. 1–21
123 An Address to the Dissidents of England on their Late Defeat, London, 1790
124 Extract from Thoughts on the Riots at Birmingham. By a Welsh Freeholder, Bath, 1791, pp. 5–9
125 'On Religious Liberty', from The Patriot: or Political, Moral and Philosophical Repository . . . By a Society of Gentlemen, London, 1792, pp. 438–442
126 Extract from Letters on the Subject of the Catholics to my Brother Abraham who Lives in the Country. By Peter Plymley, 11th Edn, London, 1808, pp. 9–12
127 Extract from Address of the Protestant Union, for the Defence and Support of the Protestant Religion and the British Constitution, as Established at the Glorious Revolution in 1688, London, 1813, pp. 1–4
128 Extract from a History of the Protestant ‘Reformation’ in England and Ireland, Showing how that Event has Impoverished and Degraded the Main Body of the People in those Countries, in a Series of Letters Addressed to all Sensible and Just Englishmen, London, 1824, pp. 3–6
129 ‘Address on the King’s Speech’, from Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, 2nd Series, London, 1829, Vol. XX, pp. 13–22
Part 12 Foreign policy
130 Extract from a Narrative of the Expedition to Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abercombie; Containing an Exposition of the Principles and Conduct of Napoleone Buonaparte, London, 1803, pp. 1–20
131 Extract from the Importance of Malta Considered in 1796 and 1798; also Remarks which Occurred During a Journey from England to India, through Egypt; in the Year 1779, London, 1803, pp. 5–10
132 Extract from Travels in China: Containing Descriptions, Observations and Comparisons Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen- Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country from Pekin to Canton, London, 1804, pp. 191–207
133 Extract from an Inquiry into the State of the Nation at the Commencement of the Present Administration, 3rd Edn, London, 1806, pp. 205–219
134 Extract from Correspondence between Mr. Secretary Canning, and the Hon. D. Erskine. As Printed and Laid Before the House of Lords, London, 1810, pp. 12–17
135 Extract from on the State of Europe in January 1816, London, 1816, pp. 127–133
136 Extracts from Journal of an Embassy from the Governor- General of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China; Exhibiting a View of the Actual State of those Kingdoms, London, 1828, pp. 310–314, 595–596
Part 13 Colonial politics
137 'May 4, 1789. Petition of Mr. Hastings', from Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Several Corrected by Himself.) Edited by a Constitutional Friend, 5 Vols, London, 1816, Vol. II, pp. 185–188
138 'Dedication to the King', from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, 5 Vols, London, 1790, Vol. I
139 Extract from the Present State of Hudson’s Bay. Containing a Full Description of that Settlement and Likewise of the Fur Trade, . . . to which are Added, Remarks and Observations . . . and a Journal of a Journey from Montreal to New York, London, 1790, pp. 95–105
140 Extract from the Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1791, London, 1795, pp. 81–91
141 ‘The Blessed Efforts of the System of Colonization’, from the Tribune, 3 Vols, London, 1795–1796, Vol I, pp. 76–77
142 ‘May 25, 1799. At a General Meeting of the Society Instituted for the Purpose of Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa’, from African Researches: or Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, London, 1802, Vol II. pp. 1–11
143 Extract from an Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from Its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: with Remarks of the Dispositions, Customs, Manners &c. of the Native Inhabitants of the Country, London, 1804, pp. 6–20
144 Extract from ‘Transactions of the Missionary Society’, The Annual Review, 3, 2 (1805): 621–623
145 Extract from a Letter to the Right Honourable The Earl of Buckinghamshire, President of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, on the Subject of an Open Trade to India, London, 1813, pp. 13–20
146 Extracts from a Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire in Every Quarter of the World, Including the East Indies, London, 1815, pp. 87–88, 311–315, 378–380, 390–392
147 Extract from the History of British India, 3 Vols, London, 1817, Vol. III, pp. 634–642
148 Extract from the Spirit of Despotism. Dedicated to Lord Castlereagh, London, 1821, pp. 8–10
149 Extract from Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the Years 1824–1825, London, 1826, pp. 52–75
Part 14 Slavery debate
150 Extract from the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself, London, 1789, pp. 90–96
151 Extract from the Speech of Mr Wilberforce Esq. Representative for the County of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the Question of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, London, 1789, pp. 12–18
152 Extract from the History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 Vols, London, 1793, Vol. II, pp. 34–36
153 'On the Slave Trade', from the Watchman, Bristol, 1796, pp. 100–109
154 Extract from An Inquiry into the Colonial Policy of the European Powers, 2 Vols, Edinburgh, 1803, Vol. I, pp. 445–457
155 'Slave Trade', Cobbett’s Political Register, 6 (18 August 1804): 231–233
156 Extract from a Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Addressed to the Freeholders and Other Inhabitants of Yorkshire, London, 1807, pp. 54–68
157 ‘March 17, 1807. Abolition of Slavery’, from Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Several Corrected by Himself.) Edited by a Constitutional Friend, 5 Vols, London, 1816, Vol. V, pp. 327–330
158 Extract from Thoughts on the Necessity for Improving the Conditions of the Slaves in the British Colonies with a View to their Ultimate Emancipation, London, 1823, pp. 1–7
159 Extract from Anti-Negro Emancipation. An Appeal to Mr. Wilberforce, London, 1824, pp. 3–14
160 Extracts from Joanna, or the Female Slave. A West Indian Tale. Founded on Stedman’s Narrative of an Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, London, 1824, pp. 46–51, 54–56
161 Extract from the Speech of the Rt. Hon. George Canning in the House of Commons on the 16th Day of March 1824, London, 1824, pp. 6–8
162 Extract from England Enslaved by Her Own Colonies: An Address to the Electors and People of the United Kingdom, London, 1826, pp. 88–91
