The Voice of History: Great Speeches of the English LanguageFrom Elizabeth I to Winston Churchill, Sir Thomas More to Martin Luther King, Oliver Cromwell to Adlai Stevenson, George Washington to Mrs Pankhurst... Here, brought together for the first time, is some of the finest oratory in the English language, a selection of the most inspiring and exciting, stirring and significant words ever spoken in public. |
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... speech , 15 June 1912 JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN ( 1836–1914 ) On the economic situation , July 1906 FREDERICK EDWIN SMITH , FIRST EARL OF BIRKENHEAD ( 1872-1930 ) - His maiden speech – his remarks on Philip Snowden's speech , 12 March 1906 110 ...
... speech , 15 June 1912 JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN ( 1836–1914 ) On the economic situation , July 1906 FREDERICK EDWIN SMITH , FIRST EARL OF BIRKENHEAD ( 1872-1930 ) - His maiden speech – his remarks on Philip Snowden's speech , 12 March 1906 110 ...
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... speech , and the form in which the speech is cast ' ; and by Lord Chesterton when he told his son that in the case of Chatham ' his success lay more in his manner than his mouth ' . The views of Birkett and Chesterton are not of course ...
... speech , and the form in which the speech is cast ' ; and by Lord Chesterton when he told his son that in the case of Chatham ' his success lay more in his manner than his mouth ' . The views of Birkett and Chesterton are not of course ...
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Great Speeches of the English Language George Alfred Brown Baron George-Brown. INDEX INDEX. Individual orators are listed separately on p . 186 . abdication speech ( Edward VIII ) , 156-7 Act of Union ( 1801 ) , 53 ; Grattan on , 37-8 ; O ...
Great Speeches of the English Language George Alfred Brown Baron George-Brown. INDEX INDEX. Individual orators are listed separately on p . 186 . abdication speech ( Edward VIII ) , 156-7 Act of Union ( 1801 ) , 53 ; Grattan on , 37-8 ; O ...
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SIR THOMAS MORE 14781535 | 1 |
LANCELOT ANDREWS 15551626 | 7 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 14 |
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