The Penguin Book of Historic SpeechesBrian MacArthur A companion volume to The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches, this collection of great oratory stretches across the history of powerful and moving, but most of all, memorable speeches, from classical times to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. |
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Page 315
... gentlemen , to the Throne . There is another powerful and most beneficial influence which is also exercised by the Crown . Gentlemen , I am a party man . I believe that , without party , parliamentary government is impossible . I look ...
... gentlemen , to the Throne . There is another powerful and most beneficial influence which is also exercised by the Crown . Gentlemen , I am a party man . I believe that , without party , parliamentary government is impossible . I look ...
Page 327
... gentlemen , was the Roman idea . It has been partially and not ill described in three lines of a translation from Virgil by our great poet Dryden , which run as follows : O Rome ! ' tis thine alone with awful sway To rule mankind , and ...
... gentlemen , was the Roman idea . It has been partially and not ill described in three lines of a translation from Virgil by our great poet Dryden , which run as follows : O Rome ! ' tis thine alone with awful sway To rule mankind , and ...
Page 451
... Gentlemen of the jury , please remember that that is not the charge against us . But admitting that the Manifesto contains the expression , ' Resist conscription ' , may I ask you , is there only one kind of resistance ? Is there only ...
... Gentlemen of the jury , please remember that that is not the charge against us . But admitting that the Manifesto contains the expression , ' Resist conscription ' , may I ask you , is there only one kind of resistance ? Is there only ...
Contents
Moses Thou shalt not c 1250 BC | 3 |
Jesus of Nazareth Blessed are the poor in spirit c 33 | 23 |
John Ball Cast off the yoke of bondage 1381 | 37 |
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