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 47
... Lords , when Strafford defended himself with the moving eloquence of this speech . My lords , I stand before you , charged with high treason . The burden of the charge is heavy , yet far the more so because it hath borrowed the ...
... Lords , when Strafford defended himself with the moving eloquence of this speech . My lords , I stand before you , charged with high treason . The burden of the charge is heavy , yet far the more so because it hath borrowed the ...
Page 113
... lords , I have better hopes of the constitution , and a firmer confidence in the wisdom and constitutional authority of this House . It is to your ancestors , my lords , it is to the English barons that we are indebted for the laws and ...
... lords , I have better hopes of the constitution , and a firmer confidence in the wisdom and constitutional authority of this House . It is to your ancestors , my lords , it is to the English barons that we are indebted for the laws and ...
Page 129
... lords , is it a prosecutor you want ? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors ; and , I believe , my lords , that the sun , in his beneficent progress round the world , does not behold a more glorious sight than ...
... lords , is it a prosecutor you want ? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors ; and , I believe , my lords , that the sun , in his beneficent progress round the world , does not behold a more glorious sight than ...
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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