The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II


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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 1781 with a speech on the war in America, and end this volume in the middle of the 19th century with a speech on the "Trent" Affair. - Summary by Carolin (7 hr 10 min)

Chapitres

William Pitt - I - The War in America Denounced 4:00 Lu par DrPGould
William Pitt - II - On an Attempt to Force His Resignation 3:18 Lu par DrPGould
William Pitt - III - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France 31:13 Lu par DrPGould
Charles James Fox - I - On the British Defeat in America 5:16 Lu par Nemo
Charles James Fox - II - The Tyranny of the East India Company 6:18 Lu par Nemo
Charles James Fox - III - The Foreign Policy of Washington 5:03 Lu par Nemo
Charles James Fox - IV - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France 38:10 Lu par Michele Fry
William Wilberforce - On the Horrors of the Slave Trade 17:26 Lu par Larry Wilson
Thomas Erskine - On Limitations to Freedom of Speech 22:48 Lu par Michele Fry
Sir James Mackintosh - A Plea for Free Speech 46:26 Lu par pmstrahm
Thomas Chalmers - When Old Things Pass Away 4:51 Lu par pmstrahm
George Canning - On Granting Aid to Portugal 20:10 Lu par pmstrahm
Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay - On the Reform Bill 18:48 Lu par DrPGould
Henry Peter, Lord Brougham - On Emancipation for the Negro 18:42 Lu par Larry Wilson
Charles Dickens - As the Literary Guest of America 9:30 Lu par Phil Schempf
Richard Cobden - The Effects of Protection on Agriculture 34:25 Lu par DrPGould
Sir Robert Peel - For a Repeal of the Corn Laws 18:39 Lu par jenno
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - On Affairs in Greece 17:01 Lu par TRUEBRIT
William Makepeace Thackeray - On Charity and Humor 27:12 Lu par jenno
John Henry Newman - Catholicism and the Religions of the World 10:54 Lu par pmstrahm
John Bright - I - On the English Foreign Policy 38:11 Lu par TRUEBRIT
John Bright - II - On the 'Trent' Affair 32:13 Lu par TRUEBRIT