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Modern British eloquence, edited by David B. Strother.

by Strother, David B. (David Boyd), 1928- comp.

New York, Funk & Wagnalls [1969]

Speeches, addresses, etc., English.

Orators -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Politics and government.

xv, 492 p. ports. 24 cm.

On the right of taxing America, by W. Pitt.--Motion for redress, by J. Wilkes.--On conciliation with America, by E. Burke.--Abolition of slave-trade, by W. Pitt.--Address on the King's speech, by C. J. Fox.--Habeas corpus suspension bill, by Sir S. Romilly.--Present state of the law, by H. P. Brougham and Vaux.--Against Parliamentary reform, by Sir A. Wellesley.--The Factory bill, by W. Cobbett.--Speech at Tara, by D. O'Connell.--Bank charter: the currency, by Sir R. Peel.--Effects of Corn laws on agriculturists, by R. Cobden.--The Trent Affair, by J. Bright.--Reform bill of 1867, by B. Disraeli.--On domestic and foreign affairs, by W. E. Gladstone.--Irish land question, by C. S. Parnell.--Financial reform: the administration of chips, by Lord R. Churchill.--Speech to the Primrose League, by R. Cecil.--Imperial union and tariff reform, by J. Chamberlain.--The budget, by D. L. George.--Testimony at the docker's inquiry, by E. Bevin.--Industrial peace, by S. Baldwin.--National health insurance bill, by A. Bevan.--Government policy, by Sir W. Churchill.--Parliament in the air raids, by Sir W. Churchill.--Bibliography (p. 487-492)

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