THE

WORKS

OF

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

EDMUND BURKE.

FIRST AMERICAN,

FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION.

VOL. IV.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN WEST, 75, CORNHILL,

AND

O. C. GREENLEAF, 3, COURT STREET.

1807.

David Carliste, Printer, No. 5 Court Streef.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY APR 7 1958

57*108

CONTENTS.

VOL. IV.

Page.

HINTS for a Memorial to be delivered to Monsieur de M.M. 1

Thoughts on French Affairs

5

Heads for Consideration on the present State of Affairs 53

Remarks on the Policy of the Allies with respect to France 75

Appendix

126

Observations on the Conduct of the Minority, in a Letter

addressed to the Duke of Portland and Lord Fitzwilliam 135

Preface to the Address of M. Brissot to his Constituents

Appendix

of

183

204

******* 215

Letter to William Elliot, Esquire, occasioned by a Speech

made in the House of Lords by the ****

Thoughts and Details on Scarcity

A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, to a

Noble Lord, on the Attacks made upon him and his Pen-

sion, in the House of Lords, by the Duke of Bedford and

the Earl of Lauderdale

Three Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parli-

ament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Di-

rectory of France.

233

263

LETTER I. On the Overtures of Peace

309

LETTER II. On the Genius and Character of the French

-

393

Revolution as it regards other Nations

LETTER III. On the Rupture of the Negotiation; the

Terms of Peace proposed; and the Resources of the

Country for the Continuance of the War

427

HINTS

FOR A

MEMORIAL

TO BE DELIVERED TO

MONSIEUR DE M. M.

WRITTEN IN THE EARLY PART OF 1791.