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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)

Chapters

Saint Bede - His Sermon on All Saints

7:55

Read by Phil Schempf

John Wyclif - Rules for Decent Living

4:46

Read by aravagarwal

Hugh Latimer - The Second Sermon on the Card

10:34

Read by aravagarwal

Thomas Cranmer - On the Eve of His Execution

8:22

Read by aravagarwal

John Knox - On the First Temptation of Christ

16:35

Read by aravagarwal

Sir Walter Raleigh - His Last Words on the Scaffold

7:55

Read by Megan Lam

Sir John Eliot - On the Condition of England

16:34

Read by Megan Lam

John Pym - On Grievances in the Reign of Charles I.

25:20

Read by DrPGould

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford - In His Own Defense

17:02

Read by DrPGould

John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 1

26:03

Read by DrPGould

John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 2

30:51

Read by DrPGould

Oliver Cromwell - At the Opening of Parliament Under the Protectorate

35:36

Read by Gloria Keawe

Sir Henry Vane - I - Against Richard Cromwell

3:41

Read by DrPGould

Sir Henry Vane - II - At His Trial for High Treason

4:42

Read by DrPGould

Algernon Sidney - Speech on the Scaffold

7:15

Read by DrPGould

Richard Rumbold - Speech on the Scaffold

5:06

Read by DrPGould

John Bunyan - The Heavenly Footman

8:06

Read by aniroo

Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford - On His Proposed Removal from Office

22:46

Read by Mayah

Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield - Against the Gin Bill of the Mini…

11:50

Read by DrPGould

John Wesley - God’s Love to Fallen Man

12:57

Read by KHand

George Whitefield - On the Method of Grace

13:50

Read by DrPGould

James Wolfe - To His Army Before Quebec

3:29

Read by DrPGould

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - I - The Retort to Walpole

7:37

Read by DrPGould

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - II - On the Right to Tax America

21:45

Read by DrPGould

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - III - On Affairs in America

30:03

Read by DrPGould

William Murray, Earl of Mansfield - On the Right to Tax America

18:29

Read by DrPGould

John Wilkes - I - On Coercive Measures in America

5:45

Read by DrPGould

John Wilkes - II - Conquest of America Impossible

4:01

Read by DrPGould