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

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

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I by William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey. 28 sections, 6 hr 28 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

Details

Length
6 hr 28 min
Sections
28
Language
English
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
worlds_famous_orations3_1804_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 01 - Saint Bede - His Sermon on All Saints 7:54
  2. 02 - John Wyclif - Rules for Decent Living 4:45
  3. 03 - Hugh Latimer - The Second Sermon on the Card 10:34
  4. 04 - Thomas Cranmer - On the Eve of His Execution 8:22
  5. 05 - John Knox - On the First Temptation of Christ 16:34
  6. 06 - Sir Walter Raleigh - His Last Words on the Scaffold 7:54
  7. 07 - Sir John Eliot - On the Condition of England 16:33
  8. 08 - John Pym - On Grievances in the Reign of Charles I. 25:20
  9. 09 - Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford - In His Own Defense 17:01
  10. 10 - John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 1 26:03
  11. 11 - John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 2 30:51
  12. 12 - Oliver Cromwell - At the Opening of Parliament Under the Protectorate 35:36
  13. 13 - Sir Henry Vane - I - Against Richard Cromwell 3:41
  14. 14 - Sir Henry Vane - II - At His Trial for High Treason 4:42
  15. 15 - Algernon Sidney - Speech on the Scaffold 7:14
  16. 16 - Richard Rumbold - Speech on the Scaffold 5:06
  17. 17 - John Bunyan - The Heavenly Footman 8:05
  18. 18 - Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford - On His Proposed Removal from Office 22:45
  19. 19 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield - Against the Gin Bill of the Ministry 11:50
  20. 20 - John Wesley - God’s Love to Fallen Man 12:56
  21. 21 - George Whitefield - On the Method of Grace 13:50
  22. 22 - James Wolfe - To His Army Before Quebec 3:29
  23. 23 - William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - I - The Retort to Walpole 7:37
  24. 24 - William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - II - On the Right to Tax America 21:45
  25. 25 - William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - III - On Affairs in America 30:02
  26. 26 - William Murray, Earl of Mansfield - On the Right to Tax America 18:29
  27. 27 - John Wilkes - I - On Coercive Measures in America 5:45
  28. 28 - John Wilkes - II - Conquest of America Impossible 4:01