The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 59Edmund Burke J. Dodsley, 1818 - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 As well as being a record of events, The Annual Register was originally conceived as a miscellany, including a Chronology, which gave an account of noteworthy events in Britain over the previous year, and a collection of "State Papers", a miscellany of primary source material which included official documents, speeches, letters and accounts as well as reviewing important books, and featuring historical sketches, poetry, observations on natural history, and other essays, reproduced from books and periodicals. The early volumes of The Annual Register continued to follow this format, with contributions articles on international organizations, economics, the environment, science, law, religion, the arts (art, drama, music) and sport, together with poetry, obituaries, patents, a chronicle of major events. Although Burke was elected to parliament in 1765 and was a committed and prominent Whig,The Annual Register strove to remain non-partisan in its political coverage. After the end of the war in 1763, the History section evolved to cover the past year's developments more generally in Britain, its colonies, and mainland Europe. From 1775 its length was significantly increased, becoming the main focus of the publication. Burke apparently resigned the editorship in 1789; from that year until the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815 the History was primarily devoted to describing the French Revolution and the wars arising from it. |
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Edmund Burke. tory of Montevideo . The courts of Austria , Great Britain , Prussia , Russia , and France , on being in- formed of this singular transaction , addressed a strong memorial to the government of Portugal and Brazil , in which ...
Edmund Burke. tory of Montevideo . The courts of Austria , Great Britain , Prussia , Russia , and France , on being in- formed of this singular transaction , addressed a strong memorial to the government of Portugal and Brazil , in which ...
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... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , 56 George III . A. D. 1817 Patents Bill of Mortality Price of Stocks Table of Bankruptcies Average Price of Corn Statement of the quantity of Porter brewed in London List of the Prince ...
... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , 56 George III . A. D. 1817 Patents Bill of Mortality Price of Stocks Table of Bankruptcies Average Price of Corn Statement of the quantity of Porter brewed in London List of the Prince ...
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... Great Britain , particularly in some of the most populous and manu ... kingdom shall , according to their expression , be more com- pletely ... Great Britain , under pretence of parliamentary reform , to infect the minds of all classes of ...
... Great Britain , particularly in some of the most populous and manu ... kingdom shall , according to their expression , be more com- pletely ... Great Britain , under pretence of parliamentary reform , to infect the minds of all classes of ...
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... United Kingdom of Great Bri- tain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . " The Petition of Thomas Cleary , Secretary to the London Union Society , Humbly showeth , That it is with great reluctance , as well as humility , that your ...
... United Kingdom of Great Bri- tain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . " The Petition of Thomas Cleary , Secretary to the London Union Society , Humbly showeth , That it is with great reluctance , as well as humility , that your ...
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... Great Britain so dead to a in sense of private feeling , or public duty , as to engage schemes which would render the immediate and powerful aid of parliament necessary for securing the public peace . Looking to the history history of ...
... Great Britain so dead to a in sense of private feeling , or public duty , as to engage schemes which would render the immediate and powerful aid of parliament necessary for securing the public peace . Looking to the history history of ...
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