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 126
... charge in these articles , are not lapses , defects , errors , of common human frailty , which , as we know and feel , we can allow for . We charge this offender with no crimes , that have not arisen from passions , which it is criminal ...
... charge in these articles , are not lapses , defects , errors , of common human frailty , which , as we know and feel , we can allow for . We charge this offender with no crimes , that have not arisen from passions , which it is criminal ...
Page 128
... charge him with having delegated to others that power , which the act of Parliament had directed him to preserve unalienably in himself . I charge him with having formed a committee to be mere instruments and tools , at the enormous ...
... charge him with having delegated to others that power , which the act of Parliament had directed him to preserve unalienably in himself . I charge him with having formed a committee to be mere instruments and tools , at the enormous ...
Page 292
... charge myself or my colleagues with having been unfaithful to the trust committed to us . I do not believe that the great institutions of this country have suffered during our administration of power ... Sir , if I look to the ...
... charge myself or my colleagues with having been unfaithful to the trust committed to us . I do not believe that the great institutions of this country have suffered during our administration of power ... Sir , if I look to 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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