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The eloquence of the British senate, or, Select specimens from the speeches of the most distinguished parliamentary speakers, from the beginning of the reign of Charles I. to the present time : with notes biographical, critical, and explanatory.

Accession number
PML 130368-69
Creator
Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830.
Published
London : Printed for Thomas Ostell ..., 1807.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Printed by W. Pople ..."--Colophon.
1st ed.
Anonymous. Compiled by William Hazlitt.
Hazlitt's Advertisement: after t.p. of v. 2 (as in Keynes copy).
Hazlitt's notes include comments about Burke, Fox, Walpole, and Pitt.
Intended as "an abridged parliamentary history ... a common-place book of all the principal topics" (Advertisement, p. vi).
Library's copy has p. vii-viii misbound before p. v-vi in Advertisement.
Description
2 v. ([6], 525, [1]; viii, [4], 591, [1] p.) ; 22 cm
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary 3/4 black morocco, gold-tooled spine (entitled "British Senate"), marbled boards.
Classification
Department