The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I, credited to William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I by William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey. Read in English by Phil Schempf; aravagarwal; Megan Lam; DrPGould; Gloria Keawe; aniroo; Mayah; KHand 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 710 AD with a speech on the Saints, and end this volume in 1777 with the realisation of the impossibility of regaining control over the American colonies. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I
• Author credits: William Jennings Bryan; Francis Whiting Halsey
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 6:28:55

Catalogue topics

• politics
• Great Britain
• Britain
• england
• speech
• speeches
• 1906
• oration

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - Saint Bede - His Sermon on All Saints — 7:55
2. 02 - John Wyclif - Rules for Decent Living — 4:46
3. 03 - Hugh Latimer - The Second Sermon on the Card — 10:34
4. 04 - Thomas Cranmer - On the Eve of His Execution — 8:22
5. 05 - John Knox - On the First Temptation of Christ — 16:35
6. 06 - Sir Walter Raleigh - His Last Words on the Scaffold — 7:55
7. 07 - Sir John Eliot - On the Condition of England — 16:34
8. 08 - John Pym - On Grievances in the Reign of Charles I. — 25:20
9. 09 - Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford - In His Own Defense — 17:02
10. 10 - John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 1 — 26:03
11. 11 - John Milton - Plea for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, part 2 — 30:51
12. 12 - Oliver Cromwell - At the Opening of Parliament Under the Protectorate — 35:36
13. 13 - Sir Henry Vane - I - Against Richard Cromwell — 3:41
14. 14 - Sir Henry Vane - II - At His Trial for High Treason — 4:42
15. 15 - Algernon Sidney - Speech on the Scaffold — 7:15
16. 16 - Richard Rumbold - Speech on the Scaffold — 5:06
17. 17 - John Bunyan - The Heavenly Footman — 8:06
18. 18 - Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford - On His Proposed Removal from Office — 22:46
19. 19 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield - Against the Gin Bill of the Ministry — 11:50
20. 20 - John Wesley - God’s Love to Fallen Man — 12:57
21. 21 - George Whitefield - On the Method of Grace — 13:50
22. 22 - James Wolfe - To His Army Before Quebec — 3:29
23. 23 - William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - I - The Retort to Walpole — 7:37
24. 24 - William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - II - On the Right to Tax America — 21:45

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