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

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

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II by William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey. 22 sections, 7 hr 10 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

Details

Length
7 hr 10 min
Sections
22
Language
English
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
worlds_famous_orations_4_1901_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 01 - William Pitt - I - The War in America Denounced 3:59
  2. 02 - William Pitt - II - On an Attempt to Force His Resignation 3:18
  3. 03 - William Pitt - III - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France 31:12
  4. 04 - Charles James Fox - I - On the British Defeat in America 5:15
  5. 05 - Charles James Fox - II - The Tyranny of the East India Company 6:18
  6. 06 - Charles James Fox - III - The Foreign Policy of Washington 5:02
  7. 07 - Charles James Fox - IV - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France 38:09
  8. 08 - William Wilberforce - On the Horrors of the Slave Trade 17:26
  9. 09 - Thomas Erskine - On Limitations to Freedom of Speech 22:47
  10. 10 - Sir James Mackintosh - A Plea for Free Speech 46:26
  11. 11 - Thomas Chalmers - When Old Things Pass Away 4:51
  12. 12 - George Canning - On Granting Aid to Portugal 20:09
  13. 13 - Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay - On the Reform Bill 18:48
  14. 14 - Henry Peter, Lord Brougham - On Emancipation for the Negro 18:42
  15. 15 - Charles Dickens - As the Literary Guest of America 9:30
  16. 16 - Richard Cobden - The Effects of Protection on Agriculture 34:25
  17. 17 - Sir Robert Peel - For a Repeal of the Corn Laws 18:39
  18. 18 - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - On Affairs in Greece 17:01
  19. 19 - William Makepeace Thackeray - On Charity and Humor 27:12
  20. 20 - John Henry Newman - Catholicism and the Religions of the World 10:53
  21. 21 - John Bright - I - On the English Foreign Policy 38:10
  22. 22 - John Bright - II - On the 'Trent' Affair 32:13