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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... March and was told that he was to be burnt . He went to his death nobly , retracting his recantations and naming the Pope as Christ's enemy . At the stake , he knelt down and said the Lord's Prayer . Then he made his final speech . All ...
... March and was told that he was to be burnt . He went to his death nobly , retracting his recantations and naming the Pope as Christ's enemy . At the stake , he knelt down and said the Lord's Prayer . Then he made his final speech . All ...
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... March 1793 ' The people have nothing but blood ' When Danton returned from a secret mission to Belgium in March 1793 , the Austrians had reoccupied Aix - la - Chapelle and an English , Dutch and Hanover- ian army was being assembled in ...
... March 1793 ' The people have nothing but blood ' When Danton returned from a secret mission to Belgium in March 1793 , the Austrians had reoccupied Aix - la - Chapelle and an English , Dutch and Hanover- ian army was being assembled in ...
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... March 1933 ' The only thing we have to fear is fear itself ' The Depression had hit America like an earthquake , destroying lives so totally that the people had lost their self - confidence . On Inauguration Day 1933 , the banks were ...
... March 1933 ' The only thing we have to fear is fear itself ' The Depression had hit America like an earthquake , destroying lives so totally that the people had lost their self - confidence . On Inauguration Day 1933 , the banks were ...
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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