Works of Lord Bolingbroke : Volume I

by Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount

• ISBN13: 9780898753523
• ISBN10: 089875352X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

This first volume of Bolingbroke's life brings his career down to his flight from impeachment, after the death of Queen Anne.

Author Biography

Henry Saint John, Lord Bolingbroke, was an English statesman, orator and writer. A Jacobite, he spend much of life in exile and wrote influential political treaties, notably The Idea of a Patriot King (1749)

Table of Contents

The Life of the Author	p. 13
A Letter to Sir William Windham: written in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventeen	p. 111
Secret Letter from the Earl of Stair	p. 179
Reflections upon Exile	p. 181
The Occasional Writer, No. I	p. 201
The Occasional Writer, No. II	p. 210
The Occasional Writer, No. III	p. 227
The First Vision of Camilick	p. 236
An Answer to the London Journal of Saturday, Dec. 21, 1728	p. 240
An Answer to the Defence of the Inquiry into the Reasons of the Conduct of Great Britain	p. 261
Remarks on the History of England	p. 292
A Final Answer to the Remarks on the Craftsman's Vindication; and to all the Libels which have come, or may come from the same quarter, against the Person last mentioned in the Craftsman of the 22d of May, 1731	p. 456
On Luxury	p. 474
Remarks on a late Pamphlet, entitled, Observations on the Conduct of Great Britain, andc., in a Letter to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq., written in the year 1729	p. 478
On Good and Bad Ministers	p. 492
On the Policy of the Athenians	p. 496
On the Power of the Prince and the Freedom of the People	p. 509
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