The world's famous orations

William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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VOL. IV
GREAT BRITAIN—11
1780-1661THE
WORLD'S
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VnLLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
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FRANCIS W. HALSEY
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CONTENTS
Great Britain—Vol. IV— II (1780—1861)
Page
Pitt—I TheWar in America Denounced (1781) 3
II On an Attempt to Force His Resigna-
tion (1784) 5
III On the Refusal to Negotiate with
France (1800) 7
Fox—I On the British Defeat inAmerica 29(1780)
n The Tyranny of the East India Com-
pany 32(1783)
The Foreign Policy of Washingtonin
35(1794)
IV On the Refusal to Negotiate with
France 37(1800)
WiLBERFORCE On the Horrors the— of Slave
60Trade (1789)
Erskine—On Limitations to Freedom of Speech
(1797) 71
Mackintosh—A Plea for Free Speech (1803) 84
Chalmers—When Old Things Pass Away . . 112
Canning—On Granting Aid to Portugal (1826) 115
Macaulay—On the Reform Bill (1831) . . 126
7CONTENTS
Page
Brougham—On Emancipation for the Negro
(1838) 138
Dickens—As the Literaiy Guest of America
(1842) 150
COBDEN—The Effects of Protection on Agri-
culture (1845) 156
Peel—For a Repeal of the Corn Laws . 180(1846)
Palmerston—On Affairs in Greece (1850) . 191
Thackeray—On Charity and Humor . 201(1852)
Newman Catholicism and the Religions of the—
World 216(1849)
On the English Foreign PolicyBright—I
222(1858)
"Trent" Affair . . 243II On the (1861)