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 53
... present Parliament should tell posterity that , in so great a danger and extremity , the House of Commons should be enforced to save the kingdom alone , and that the peers should have no part in the honour of the preservation of it ...
... present Parliament should tell posterity that , in so great a danger and extremity , the House of Commons should be enforced to save the kingdom alone , and that the peers should have no part in the honour of the preservation of it ...
Page 190
... present rulers of France . I am not one of those who can or will join in that sentiment . I have no difficulty in repeating what I stated before , that in their present spirit , after what they have said , and still more after what they ...
... present rulers of France . I am not one of those who can or will join in that sentiment . I have no difficulty in repeating what I stated before , that in their present spirit , after what they have said , and still more after what they ...
Page 365
... present government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any better or equal hope in the ...
... present government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it , unimpaired by him , to his successor . Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people ? Is there any better or equal hope in the ...
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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