George Chalmers

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 George Chalmers

Publisher Marketing: Title: 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. Author: George ChalmersPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01140300CollectionID: CTRG93-B1660PublicationDate: 17840101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: 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). Collation: viii, 92, [10] p., [1] leaf of plates: port.; 22 cm. (8vo)