The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
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Of the occasion of this Letter an account is given in the note subjoined [prefixed] to it. XIV. Tracts and Letters relative to the Laws against Popery in Ireland. These pieces consist of,-- 1. An unfinished Tract on the Popery Laws. Of this Tract the reader will find an account in the note prefixed to it. 2. A Letter to William Smith, Esq. Several copies of this letter having got abroad, it was printed and published in Dublin without the permission of Mr. Burke, or of the gentleman to whom it was addressed. 3. Second Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe. This may be considered as supplementary to the first letter, addressed to the same person in January, 1792, which was published in the third volume.[5] 4. Letter to Richard Burke, Esq. Of this letter it will be necessary to observe, that the first part of it appears to have been originally addressed by Mr. Burke to his son in the manner in which it is now printed, but to have been left unfinished; after whose death he probably designed to have given the substance of it, with additional observations, to the public in some other form, but never found leisure or inclination to finish it. 5. A Letter on the Affairs of Ireland, written in the year 1797. The name of the person to whom this letter was addressed does not appear on the manuscript; nor has the letter been found to which it was written as |
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