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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... British officer should be brought forward , and to him they capitulated . They made terms with him under the sanction of the British name . It was agreed that their persons and property should be safe , and that they should be conveyed ...
... British officer should be brought forward , and to him they capitulated . They made terms with him under the sanction of the British name . It was agreed that their persons and property should be safe , and that they should be conveyed ...
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... British consular service in 1911 , Roger Casement became a fervent Irish nationalist . At the outbreak of the First World War , he sought to recruit Irish prisoners of war for the German army . He went to Berlin to secure German aid for ...
... British consular service in 1911 , Roger Casement became a fervent Irish nationalist . At the outbreak of the First World War , he sought to recruit Irish prisoners of war for the German army . He went to Berlin to secure German aid for ...
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... British Senate , 1808 . Irish Orators and Oratory , The Talbot Press , 1929 . Lend Me Your Ears , ed . William Safire , Norton , 1992 . The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero , trans . C.D. Yonge , G.E. Bell , 1877 . Oratory , British ...
... British Senate , 1808 . Irish Orators and Oratory , The Talbot Press , 1929 . Lend Me Your Ears , ed . William Safire , Norton , 1992 . The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero , trans . C.D. Yonge , G.E. Bell , 1877 . Oratory , British ...
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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