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)

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