WORKS

OF

HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM, F.R.S.,

MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AND OF
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF NAPLES.

VOL. VII.

LONDON:

CHARLES GRIFFIN AND COMPANY, 10 STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

RHETORICAL

AND

LITERARY

DISSERTATIONS AND ADDRESSES.

BY

HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM, F.R.S.,

MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AND OF

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF NAPLES.

LONDON:

CHARLES GRIFFIN AND COMPANY,

10 STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

176594 B

CONTENTS.

DISSERTATION ON THE ELOQUENCE OF THE ANCIENTS,

APPENDIX,-

EXTRACT FROM LORD ERSKINE'S SPEECH ON THE

TRIAL OF JOHN STOCKDALE,

PERORATION OF MR. GRATTAN'S SPEECH ON THE

DECLARATION OF IRISH RIGHTS,

TRANSLATION FROM DEMOSTHENES— -CHERSONESE

ORATION,

PREFACE TO THE ORATION ON THE CROWN,

PAGE

3

61

62

73

105

DISCOURSE OF THE OBJECTS, PLEASURES, AND

ADVANTAGES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,

170

209

256

293

INDEX, .

373

419