MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, and of
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF NAPLES.

VOL. VII.

LONDON AND GLASGOW:

RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY,

PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

1856.

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 AND GLASGOW :

RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY,

PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

1856.

CONTENTS.

DISSERTATION ON THE ELOQUENCE OF THE ANCIENTS,

APPENDIX,-

EXTRACT FROM LORD ERSKINE'S SPEECH ON THE

TRIAL OF JOHN STOCKDALE,

PAGE

3

61

PERORATION OF MR. GRATTAN'S SPEECH ON THE

DECLARATION OF IRISH RIGHTS,

62

DISCOURSE OF THE OBJECTS, PLEASURES, AND

ADVANTAGES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,

373

INDEX, .

419