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 164
... crime before the world as a problem , his cause as the object of the most imposing discussion that ever existed , to ... crime ; all the patriots are guilty ; and the great cause which for so many centuries has been debated between crime ...
... crime before the world as a problem , his cause as the object of the most imposing discussion that ever existed , to ... crime ; all the patriots are guilty ; and the great cause which for so many centuries has been debated between crime ...
Page 178
... crime to be a king . It was even a crime to be a constitutional king , for the nation had never accepted the constitution . There is only one condition on which it could be legitimate to reign ; it is when the whole people formally ...
... crime to be a king . It was even a crime to be a constitutional king , for the nation had never accepted the constitution . There is only one condition on which it could be legitimate to reign ; it is when the whole people formally ...
Page 179
... crimes of his reign that we are judging , it must be confessed that this long list of accusations against Louis which our committee and our orators have presented to us , while rendering him a thousand times ... crime to be a king ' 179.
... crimes of his reign that we are judging , it must be confessed that this long list of accusations against Louis which our committee and our orators have presented to us , while rendering him a thousand times ... crime to be a king ' 179.
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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