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Mirabeau, July, 1832.

War of the Succession of Spain, Jan., 1833.
Horace Walpole, Oct., 1833.

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Jan., 1834.
Sir James Mackintosh, July, 1835.
Lord Bacon, July, 1837.

Sir William Temple, Oct., 1838.

Gladstone on Church and State, April, 1839.
Lord Clive, Jan., 1840.

Von Ranke's History of the Popes, Oct., 1840.
Leigh Hunt, Jan., 1841.

Lord Holland, July, 1841.

Warren Hastings, Oct., 1841.

Frederic the Great, April, 1842.

Madame D'Arblay, Jan., 1843.

Life and Writings of Addison, July, 1843.

Barère, April, 1844.

The Earl of Chatham, Oct., 1844.
Articles in ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
Francis Atterbury, Dec., 1853.

John Bunyan, May, 1854.
Oliver Goldsmith, Jan., 1856.

Samuel Johnson, Dec. 1856.

William Pitt, Jan., 1859.

Speeches.

Parliamentary Reform, March, 1831; July, 1831; Sept. 1831; Oct., 1831; Dec. 1831.

Anatomy Bill, Feb., 1832.

Parliamentary Reform, Feb., 1832.

Repeal of the Union with Ireland, Feb., 1833.

Jewish Disabilities, April, 1833.

Government of India, July, 1833.

Edinburgh Election, May, 1839.

Confidence in the Ministry of Lord Melbourne, Jan., 1840.

War with China, April, 1840.

Copyright, Feb., 1841.

Copyright, April, 1842.

The People's Charter, May, 1842.

The Gates of Somnauth, March, 1842.

The Treaty of Washington, March, 1843.
The State of Ireland, Feb. 1844.

Dissenters' Chapels Bill, June, 1844.

Post Office Espionage, July, 1844.

Opening Letters in the Post Office, July, 1844.

The Sugar Duties, Feb., 1845.

Maynooth, April, 1845.

The Church of Ireland, April, 1845.

Theological Tests of the Scotch Universities, July, 1845.

Corn Laws, Dec., 1845.

The Ten Hour Bill, May, 1846.

The Literature of Britain, Nov., 1846.

Education, April, 1847.

Inaugural Speech at Glasgow College, March, 1849.

Re-election to Parliament, Nov., 1852.

Exclusion of Judges from the House of Commons, June, 1853.
Introductory Report upon the Indian Penal Code, Oct.,

1837.

Notes on the Penal Code (140 pages of close print). History.

The History of England

Poetry.

From the Accession of James the Second. 6 vols.

Pompeii. This poem obtained the Chancellor's medal at
Cambridge University in 1819.

Evening. This poem obtained the Chancellor's medal in 1821

Lays of Ancient Rome.

Horatius.

The Battle of Lake Regillus.
Virginia.

The Prophecy of Capys.
Epitaph on Henry Martyn.
Lines to the Memory of Pitt.
A Radical War Song.
Ivry.

The Battle of Moncontour.

Songs of the Civil War.

Sermon in a Churchyard.

Translations from A. V. Arnault.

Dies Irae.

The Marriage of Tirzah and Ahirad.

The Country Gentleman's Trip to Cambridge.
Song.

The Deliverance of Vienna.

The Armada.

Inscription on the Statue of Lord Bentinck.
Epitaph on Sir Benjamin Heath Malkin.

The Last Buccaneer.

Epitaph on a Jacobite.

Epitaph on Lord Metcalfe.

Translations from Plautus.

Valentine.

Paraphrase of a Passage in the Chronicle of the Monk of

St. Gall.

Lines Written on the Night of the 30th of July, 1847.
Rosamond.

Battle of Naseby.

CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY

WARREN HASTINGS IN INDIA, 1750-1785

GEORGE II., 1727-1760

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, 1740–1786. Clive takes Arcot, 1751.

Seven Years' War with France, 1756.

French and Indian War in America, 1755-1760. "The Black Hole" of Calcutta, 1756.

Clive wins battle of Plassey, 1757.

Victory of Quebec (England gains Canada), 1759.

GEORGE III., 1760-1820

Catherine II., Russia, 1762.

Stamp Act, 1765 (repealed 1766).

Letters of "Junius," 1769.

Conquest of Corsica, 1769.

Napoleon and Wellington born, 1769.

Debates in Parliament regularly reported, 1771.

Pressing to death abolished, 1772.

"The Boston Tea Party," 1773.

The American Revolution begins, 1775.
Free trade granted to Ireland, 1776.
Lord George Gordon riots, 1780.

Defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1781.
Treaties of Paris and Versailles, 1783.

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