The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II

Various, William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925) et al.

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period, ranging from Ancient Greece to their contemporary United States. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes of this collection concern British speakers. The speeches contained in this third volume are ordered chronologically. We begin in the year 1781 with a speech on the war in America, and end this volume in the middle of the 19th century with a speech on the "Trent" Affair. - Summary by Carolin

Genre(s): Political Science

Language: English

Group: World's Famous Orations

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 William Pitt - I - The War in America Denounced DrPGould
00:04:00
Play 02 William Pitt - II - On an Attempt to Force His Resignation DrPGould
00:03:18
Play 03 William Pitt - III - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France DrPGould
00:31:13
Play 04 Charles James Fox - I - On the British Defeat in America Nemo
00:05:16
Play 05 Charles James Fox - II - The Tyranny of the East India Company Nemo
00:06:18
Play 06 Charles James Fox - III - The Foreign Policy of Washington Nemo
00:05:03
Play 07 Charles James Fox - IV - On the Refusal to Negotiate with France Michele Fry
00:38:10
Play 08 William Wilberforce - On the Horrors of the Slave Trade Larry Wilson
00:17:26
Play 09 Thomas Erskine - On Limitations to Freedom of Speech Michele Fry
00:22:48
Play 10 Sir James Mackintosh - A Plea for Free Speech pmstrahm
00:46:26
Play 11 Thomas Chalmers - When Old Things Pass Away pmstrahm
00:04:51
Play 12 George Canning - On Granting Aid to Portugal pmstrahm
00:20:10
Play 13 Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay - On the Reform Bill DrPGould
00:18:48
Play 14 Henry Peter, Lord Brougham - On Emancipation for the Negro Larry Wilson
00:18:42
Play 15 Charles Dickens - As the Literary Guest of America Phil Schempf
00:09:30
Play 16 Richard Cobden - The Effects of Protection on Agriculture DrPGould
00:34:25
Play 17 Sir Robert Peel - For a Repeal of the Corn Laws jenno
00:18:39
Play 18 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - On Affairs in Greece TRUEBRIT
00:17:01
Play 19 William Makepeace Thackeray - On Charity and Humor jenno
00:27:12
Play 20 John Henry Newman - Catholicism and the Religions of the World pmstrahm
00:10:54
Play 21 John Bright - I - On the English Foreign Policy TRUEBRIT
00:38:11
Play 22 John Bright - II - On the 'Trent' Affair TRUEBRIT
00:32:13