Funeral orations - Early works to 1800

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Oratio habita coram Academia Cantabrigiensi in templo Beatae Mariae, die solenni martyrii Caroli primi regis, A.D. MDCCXXX. A Joanne Taylor, A. M. Collegii Divi Joannis Evangelistae Socio
Taylor, John, 1704-1766.Date: MDCCXXX. [1730]
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Funeral oration on the death of General Washington . Delivered, at the request of Congress, by Major-General Henry Lee, member of Congress from Virginia.
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818.Date: [1800]
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The funeral orations of Bossuet , pronounced at the interment of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, and Louis of Bourbon, Prince of Cond�e. Translated from the French. To which are prefixed, biographical sketches Of The Above Personages; and observations on the other orations of the Bishop of Meaux; with select extracts.
Bossuet, Jacques B�enigne, 1627-1704.Date: 1800
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A funeral oration on George Washington, late general of the armies of the United States Pronounced, at Oxford, Massachusetts, at the request of the field officers of the brigade stationed at that place, on the 15th Jan. 1800; it being the day devoted to the funeral honors of their departed chief, pursuant to general orders from the secretary at war. By Josiah Dunham, A.M. Capt. 16th U.S. Regiment. [Two lines from Shakespeare].
Dunham, Josiah, 1769-1844.Date: [1800]
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Two orations in praise of Athenians slain in battle . From the Greek. With reflexions.
Date: 1759