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Book SynopsisCambridge English Prose Texts are devoted to selections of non-fictional English prose of the late sixteenth to the mid seventeenth centuries. This volume centres on the great Revolution debate of the 1790s, inspired by the French Revolution. The debate consists of a series of works which depend for their meaning on one another, and upon the historical situation which gave them birth.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Editorial note; Introductory essay; 1. The diversions of purley John Horne Tooke (1736–1812); 2. A discourse on the love of our country Richard Price (1723–1791); 3. Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke (1729–1797); 4. A letter to a noble lord Edmund Burke (1729–1797); 5. Thoughts and details on scarcity Edmund Burke (1729–1797); 6. A vidication of the rights of men Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797); 7. A vidication of the rights of women Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797); 8. Letters from France Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827); 9. Letters to the right hon. Edmund Burke Joseph Priestley (1733–1804); 10. Vindiciae Gallicae James Mackintosh (1765–1832); 11. Travels in France during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789 Arthur Young (1741–1820); 12. The example of France, a warning to Britain Arthur Young (1741–1820); 13. The rights of man Tom Paine (1737–1809); 14. The age of reason Tom Paine (1737–1809); 15. The soldier's friend William Cobbett (1762–1835); 16. Observations on the emigration of Dr. Joseph Priestly William Cobbett (1762–1835); 17. A sermon, preached … on January 30, 1793 Samuel Horsley (1733–1806); 18. Appendix to a sermon (1793) Richard Watson (1737–1816); 19. Enquiry concerning political justice William Godwin (1756–1856); 20. Cursory structures on the charge delivered by lord William Godwin (1756–1856); 21. Village politics Hannah More (1745–1833); 22. Politics for the people Daniel Isaac Eaton (d. 1814); 23. The meridian sun of liberty; or the whole rights of man Thomas Spence (1750–1814); 24. Conciones ad populum Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834); 25. The plot discovered Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834); 26. Robin Hood Joseph Ritson (1752–1803); 27. The tribune John Thelwall (1764–1834); 28. Sober reflections on the seditions and inflammatory letter of the right hon. Edmund Burke John Thelwall (1764–1834); 29. The antijacobin, or weekly examiner The Antijacobin; 30. A reply to some parts of the bishop of Landaff's address Gilbert Wakefield (1756–1801); 31. 'A letter to the bishop of Landaff' William Wordsworth (1770–1850); 32. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth (1770–1850); Notes; Select bibliography.
