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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)

Chapters

William Pitt - I - The War in America Denounced

4:00

Read by DrPGould

William Pitt - II - On an Attempt to Force His Resignation

3:18

Read by DrPGould

William Pitt - III - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France

31:13

Read by DrPGould

Charles James Fox - I - On the British Defeat in America

5:16

Read by Nemo

Charles James Fox - II - The Tyranny of the East India Company

6:18

Read by Nemo

Charles James Fox - III - The Foreign Policy of Washington

5:03

Read by Nemo

Charles James Fox - IV - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France

38:10

Read by Michele Fry

William Wilberforce - On the Horrors of the Slave Trade

17:26

Read by Larry Wilson

Thomas Erskine - On Limitations to Freedom of Speech

22:48

Read by Michele Fry

Sir James Mackintosh - A Plea for Free Speech

46:26

Read by pmstrahm

Thomas Chalmers - When Old Things Pass Away

4:51

Read by pmstrahm

George Canning - On Granting Aid to Portugal

20:10

Read by pmstrahm

Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay - On the Reform Bill

18:48

Read by DrPGould

Henry Peter, Lord Brougham - On Emancipation for the Negro

18:42

Read by Larry Wilson

Charles Dickens - As the Literary Guest of America

9:30

Read by Phil Schempf

Richard Cobden - The Effects of Protection on Agriculture

34:25

Read by DrPGould

Sir Robert Peel - For a Repeal of the Corn Laws

18:39

Read by jenno

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - On Affairs in Greece

17:01

Read by TRUEBRIT

William Makepeace Thackeray - On Charity and Humor

27:12

Read by jenno

John Henry Newman - Catholicism and the Religions of the World

10:54

Read by pmstrahm

John Bright - I - On the English Foreign Policy

38:11

Read by TRUEBRIT

John Bright - II - On the 'Trent' Affair

32:13

Read by TRUEBRIT