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An oration; delivered at the King's-Chapel in Boston, April 8, 1776 , on the re-interment of the remains of the late most worshipful Grand-Master Joseph Warren, Esquire; president of the late Congress of this colony, and major-general of the Massachusetts forces; who was slain in the Battle of Bunker's-Hill, June 17, 1775. By Perez Morton, M.M.
Morton, Perez, 1751-1837.Date: 1776
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Funeral oration for Louis XVI
Date: 1794
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Relacion de la fúnebre ceremonia y exêquias del ilustrisimo y excelentisimo Señor Doctor Don Ildefonso Nuñez de Haro y Peralta.
Juan Luis ManeiroDate: 1802
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The oration spoke at Joyners-Hall in Thamesstreet on Monday, Sept. 24. 1733. Pursuant to the will of Mrs. Jane Ilive, Who departed this Life, Aug. 29. 1733. Aetat. 63. proving, I. The Plurality of Worlds. II. That this Earth is Hell. III. That the Souls of Men are the Apostate Angels. And IV. That the Fire which will punish those who shall be confined to this Globe after the Day of Judgment will be immaterial. With large Notes confirming the Hypothesis, and refuting Dr. Lupton's Opinion of the Eternity of Hell-Torments. By her son and executor.
Ilive, Jacob, 1705-1763.Date: 1733
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A funeral oration, delivered in the chapel of Rhode-Island College, on Wednesday, XXIXth of June, 1796 , occasioned by the death of Mr. Alva Spalding, a member of the junior class. By Nathan Holman, class-mate of the deceased. Published at the request of the students.
Holman, Nathan, 1769-1844.Date: 1796