The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I


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In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period, ranging from Ancient Greece to their contemporary United States. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes of this collection concern British speakers. The speeches contained in this third volume are ordered chronologically. We begin in the year 710 AD with a speech on the Saints, and end this volume in 1777 with the realisation of the impossibility of regaining control over the American colonies. - Summary by Carolin (6 hr 28 min)

Chapitres

Saint Bede - His Sermon on All Saints 7:55 Lu par Phil Schempf
John Wyclif - Rules for Decent Living 4:46 Lu par aravagarwal
Hugh Latimer - The Second Sermon on the Card 10:34 Lu par aravagarwal
Thomas Cranmer - On the Eve of His Execution 8:22 Lu par aravagarwal
John Knox - On the First Temptation of Christ 16:35 Lu par aravagarwal
Sir Walter Raleigh - His Last Words on the Scaffold 7:55 Lu par Megan Lam
Sir John Eliot - On the Condition of England 16:34 Lu par Megan Lam
John Pym - On Grievances in the Reign of Charles I. 25:20 Lu par DrPGould
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford - In His Own Defense 17:02 Lu par DrPGould
John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 1 26:03 Lu par DrPGould
John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 2 30:51 Lu par DrPGould
Oliver Cromwell - At the Opening of Parliament Under the Protectorate 35:36 Lu par Gloria Keawe
Sir Henry Vane - I - Against Richard Cromwell 3:41 Lu par DrPGould
Sir Henry Vane - II - At His Trial for High Treason 4:42 Lu par DrPGould
Algernon Sidney - Speech on the Scaffold 7:15 Lu par DrPGould
Richard Rumbold - Speech on the Scaffold 5:06 Lu par DrPGould
John Bunyan - The Heavenly Footman 8:06 Lu par aniroo
Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford - On His Proposed Removal from Office 22:46 Lu par Mayah
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield - Against the Gin Bill of the Mini… 11:50 Lu par DrPGould
John Wesley - God’s Love to Fallen Man 12:57 Lu par KHand
George Whitefield - On the Method of Grace 13:50 Lu par DrPGould
James Wolfe - To His Army Before Quebec 3:29 Lu par DrPGould
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - I - The Retort to Walpole 7:37 Lu par DrPGould
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - II - On the Right to Tax America 21:45 Lu par DrPGould
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - III - On Affairs in America 30:03 Lu par DrPGould
William Murray, Earl of Mansfield - On the Right to Tax America 18:29 Lu par DrPGould
John Wilkes - I - On Coercive Measures in America 5:45 Lu par DrPGould
John Wilkes - II - Conquest of America Impossible 4:01 Lu par DrPGould