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The World's Famous Orations

VOL. VI

IRELAND

1775–1902

THE
WORLD'S
FAMOUS
ORATIONS

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

FRANCIS W. HALSEY
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

IN TEN VOLUMES

Vol. VI
IRELAND

FUNK and WAGNALLS COMPANY
New York and London

Copyright 1906. by

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

[Printed in the United States of America]

Published December, 1906

CONTENTS
 

Vol. VI— Ireland (1775—1902)
	Page
Burke—I On Conciliation with America (1775)	3
II Principles in Politics (1780)	40
III At the Trial of Warren Hastings (1788)	50
Grattan—I A Plea for Irish Legislative Independence (1780)	59
II Invective Against Corry (1800)	71
Sheridan—At the Trial of Warren Hastings (1788)	77
Curran—I In Behalf of Rowan and Free Speech (1794)	99
II At the Prosecution of Johnson for Libel (1805)	127
Wolf Tone—On Being Found Guilty (1798)	132
Emmet—On Being Found Guilty of Treason (1803)	137
Charles Phillips—I An Address to Catholics	149
II The Character of Napoleon (About 1817)	157
Lord Plunket—On Catholic Relief (1821)	162
Sheil—I On the Irish as "Aliens" (1837)	173
II On the Disabilities of the Jews (1848)	177
Isaac Butt— At the Bar of the House of Lords (1840)	188
O'Connell—In Favor of the Repeal of the Union (1843)	195
Meagher—On Abhorring the Sword (1846)	209
A. M. Sullivan—On the Zulu War (1879)	217
Parnell—I On the Forged Letter Printed in the London Times (1887)	224
II On the Home Rule Bill (1888)	230
Michael Davitt—On the Irish Land League (1889)	244
John Dillon—On the Death of Gladstone (1898)	253
John E. Redmond—Ireland and the Coronation (1902)	256