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The Beauties of Fox, North and Burke, selected from their speeches : from the passing of the Quebec Act, in the year 1774, down to the present time : with a copious index to the whole, and an address to the public.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- United States.
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
- Fox, Charles James.
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
- North, Frederick.
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
- Burke, Edmund.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 92, [10] p., [1] leaf of plates ) port. ;
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- Beauties of Fox, North and Burke, selected from their speeches
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Stockdale, 1784.
- Notes:
- A collection of extracts and abstracts from speeches given by Charles James Fox, Lord Frederick North and Edmund Burke in the House of Commons, from 1774 to 1783. Compilation attributed to George Chalmers.
- Preface dated Friday, Jan. 9, 1784.
- Includes index.
- Contains frequent references to America.
- For a collection of extracts and abstracts from speeches given by Fox and Burke, from 1769 to 1773, see: The deformities of Fox and Burke, faithfully selected from their speeches. London, 1784.
- "A series of facts, candidly submitted to the consideration of those who have the effrontery to attempt to justify, and the hardiness to support, the coalition formed between Lord North, the Right Honourable Charles-James Fox, and Mr. Edmund Burke." (p. [89]-92).
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 25341.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG93-B1660
- OCLC:
- 368011498
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