Ireland: 1775-1902. Vol. VI. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous Orations

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

Edmund
Burke

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. VI

Ireland (1775–1902)

Two millennia of Western Civilization come into focus through these 281 masterpieces delivered by 213 rhetoricians.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record Index to Authors

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Edmund Burke: I. On Conciliation with America; II. Principles in Politics; III. At the Trial of Warren Hastings
Henry Grattan: I. A Plea for Irish Legislative Independence; II. Invective Against Corry
Richard Brinsley Sheridan: At the Trial of Warren Hastings
John Philpot Curran: I. In Behalf of Rowan and Free Speech; II. At the Prosecution of Johnson for Libel
Wolf Tone: On Being Found Guilty
Robert Emmet: On Being Found Guilty of Treason
Charles Phillips: I. An Address to Catholics; II. The Character of Napoleon
Lord Plunket: On Catholic Relief
Richard Lalor Sheil: I. On the Irish as “Aliens”; II. On the Disabilities of the Jews
Isaac Butt: At the Bar of the House of Lords
Daniel O’Connell: In Favor of the Repeal of the Union
Thomas Francis Meagher: On Abhorring the Sword
A. M. Sullivan: On the Zulu War
Charles Stewart Parnell: I. On the Forged Letter Printed in the London “Times”; II. On the Home Rule Bill
Michael Davitt: On the Irish Land League
John Dillon: On the Death of Gladstone
John Edward Redmond: Ireland and the Coronation