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INTRODUCTION

TOPICS FOR SPECIAL REPORTS

  1. "Like Goldsmith, though in a different sphere, Burke belongs both to the old order and the new." Discuss that statement.
  2. Burke and the Literary Club. (Boswell's Life of Johnson.)
  3. Lives of Burke and Goldsmith. Contrast.
  4. An interpretation of ten apothegms selected from the Speech on Conciliation.
  5. A study of figures in the Speech on Conciliation.
  6. A definition of the terms: "colloquialism" and "idiom" Instances of their use in the Speech on Conciliation.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Burke's Life. John Morley. English Men of Letters Series.
  2. Burke. John Morley. An Historical Study.
  3. Burke. John Morley. Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  4. History of the English People. Green. Vol. IV., pp 193–271.
  5. History of Civilization in England. Buckle. Vol. I., pp. 326–338
  6. The American Revolution. Fiske. Vol. I., Chaps. I., II.
  7. Life of Johnson. Boswell. (Use the Index)
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