The works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke

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Vol. 1:

A vindication of natural society: or, A view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society

A philosophical inquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful; with an introductory discourse concerning taste

A short account of a late short administration

Observations on a late publication, intitled, "The present state of the nation"

Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents Vol. 2:

Speech on American taxation, April 19, 1774

Speeches on arrival at Bristol, and at the conclusion of the poll, October 13 and November 3, 1774

Speech on moving resolutions for conciliation with America, March 22, 1775

Letter to the sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America, April 3, 1777

Two letters to gentlemen of Bristol, on the bills depending in Parliament relative to the trade of Ireland, April 23 and May 2, 1778

Speech on presenting to the House of Commons a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the economical reformation of the civil and other establishments, February 11, 1780

Speech at Bristol previous to the election, September 6, 1780

Speech at Bristol on declining the poll, September 9, 1780

Speech on Mr. Fox's East India bill, December 1, 1783

A representation to his majesty, moved in the House of Commons, June 14, 1784 Vol. 3:

Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's debts, February 28, 1785; with an appendix

Substance of speech on the army estimates, February 9, 1790

Reflections on the Revolution in France Vol. 4:

Letter to a member of the national assembly, in answer to some objections to his book on French affairs

Appeal from the new to the old Whigs

letter to a peer of Ireland on the penal laws against Irish Catholics

Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe, on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland

Hints for a memorial to be delivered to Monsieur de M.M

Thoughts on French affairs

Heads for consideration on the present state of affairs

Remarks on the policy of the allies with respect to France: with an appendix Vol. 5:

Observations on the conduct of the minority, particularly in the last session of Parliament, 1793

Preface to the address of M. Brissot to his constituents: with an appendix

Letter to William Elliot, Esq., occasioned by a speech made in the House of Lords by the **** of *******, in the debate concerning Lord Fitzwilliam, 1795

Thoughts and details on scarcity

Letter to a noble lord on the attacks made upon Mr. Burke and his pension, in the House of Lords, by the Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Lauderdale, 1796

Three letters to a member of Parliament on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France Vol. 6:

Letter to the Empress of Russia, November 1, 1791

Letter to Sir Charles Bingham, Bart., on the Irish absentee tax, October 30, 1773

Letter to the Hon. Charles James Fox, on the American War, October 8, 1777

Letter to the Marquis of Rockingham, with addresses to the kin, and the British colonists in North America, in relation to the measures of government in the American contest, and a proposed secession of the opposition from Parliament, January, 1777

Letter to the Right Hon. Edmund S. Pery, in relation to a bill for the relief of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, July 18, 1778

Two letters to Thomas Burgh, Esq., and John Merlott, Esq., in vindication of his Parliamentary conduct relation to the affairs of Ireland, 1780

Letters and reflections on the executions of the rioters in 1780

Letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: with the sketch of a Negro code, 1792

Letter to the chairman of the Buckinghamshire meeting, held at Aylesbury, April 13, 1780, on the subject of Parliamentary reform

Fragments of a tract relative to the laws against popery in Ireland

Letter to William Smith, Esq., on the subject of Catholic emancipation, January 29, 1795

Second letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe, on the Catholic question, May 26, 1795

Letter to Richard Burke, Esq., on Protestant ascendency in Ireland, 1793

Letter on the affairs of Ireland, 1797 Vol. 7:

Fragments and notes of speeches in Parliament:

Speech on the acts of uniformity, February 6, 1772

Speech on a bill for the relief of Protestant dissenters, March 17, 1773

Speech on a motion for leave to bring in a bill to repeal and alter certain acts respecting religious opinions, upon the occasion of a petition of the Unitarian Society, May 11, 1792

Speech relative to the Middlesex election, February 7, 1771

Speech on a bill for shortening the duration of Parliaments, May 8, 1780

Speech on a motion for a committee to inquire into the state of the representation of the commons in Parliament, May 7, 1782

Speech on a motion for leave to bring in a bill for explaining the powers of juries in prosecutions for libels, March 7, 1771. Together with a letter in vindication of that measure, and a copy of the proposed bill

Speech on a bill for the repeal of the marriage act, June 15, 1781

Speech on a motion for leave to bring in a bill to quiet the possessions of the subject against dormant claims of the church, February 17, 1772

Hints for an essay on the drama

An essay towards an abridgment of the English history. In three books Vol. 8:

Ninth report of the select committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of India, June 13, 1783

Eleventh report of the select committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of India. With extracts from the appendix, July 10, 1783

Articles of change of high crimes and misdemeanors against Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal: presented to the House of Commons in April and May, 1786

Articles 1-6 Vol. 9:

Articles of charge of high crimes and misdemeanors against Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal: presented to the House of Commons in April and May, 1786

Articles 7-22 Vol. 10:

Speeches in the impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal Vol. 11:

Report from the committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inspect the lords' journals in relation to their proceedings on the trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire. With an appendix. Also, remarks in vindication of the same from his animadversions of Lord Thurlow, 1794

Speeches in the impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal Vol. 12:

Speeches in the impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esquire, late governor-general of Bengal