4. Eulogium of the village preacher..

Shakespear 35

......St. Paul 36

Pope 36

.Goldsmith 37

5. M. Antony's oration over the corse of Cæsar.. Shakespear 38

6. The eulogium of the perfect speaker....

anonymous 40

7. Eulogium of Antoinette, the late Queen of France.. Burke 41

8. Panegyric on the British constitution..

9. Invective against Mr. Hastings

10. Panegyric on the eloquence of Mr. Sheridan..

II. Picture of Athenian degeneracy.

12. Eulogium on the Duke of Bedford..

..ibid 42

.Sheridan 43

...Burke 45

..ibid 46

..Fox 47

.Junius 49

.Mirabeau 49

.Shakespear 50

16. Cicero and Demosthenes compared

51

17. The portraits of Mahomet and Jesus contrasted.

52

18. The picture of rumour full of tongues

19. The excursions of the imagination..

53

Akenside 53

20. Cæsar and a madman compared..

54

21. The character of a lowly hero illustrated.

55

22. Junius Brutus's invective on Tarquin's rape of Lucretia... 56

23. Brutus's oration on the death of Cæsar....... ..Shakespear 57

24. Eulogium on Mr. Fox

25. Monody to the memory of Mr. Garrick.

26. Cato's speech on the death of his son......

27. Panegyric to the protector..

28. On Cowley's death, and funeral among the poets

29. On the death of George the second...

30, Eulogium to liberty and Mr. Howard.

31. To the genius of Shakespear..........

of Ulysses and Menelaus,.

...

39. Antenor's admirable contrast between the genius and talents

....Cowper 81

33. Homer's description of the first battle of the Greeks and

Trojans ...

.Cowper 82

34. Picture of the horrors of war.

ibid 83

35. Idomeneus's description of the ambuscade, in which is

finely depicted the brave man and the coward.... .ibid 84

36. Lamentations over the corse of Hector..

37. Pericles' oration at the funeral of those Athenians who had

been first killed in the Peloponnesian war..

..ibid 85

38. Seneca's address to Nero, complaining of the envy of his

enemies, and requesting a reduction of his circum-

stances, that he might no longer be an object of their

malignity....

39. Invective of L Junius Brutus against Tarquinius..

40. From the funeral oration of Lysias, in praise of the Athe-

nians who fell in assisting the Corinthians, during their

war with Lacedæmon..

86

41. Invective of Marcus Emilius Lepidus against Sylla........ 106

Part II. Deliberative.

1. Falconbridge encouraging King John to resist invasion

.Shakespear 112

2. Lord Clifford exhorting Henry the sixth to protect his

crown, and transmit it to his son.

.ibid 113

.ibid 113

3. Henry the fifth exhorting his soldiers

4. Duke of Vienna to Angelo, inculcating public virtue.ibid 114

5- The Bishop of Carlisle dissuading the deposition of King

Richard, and the crowning of Bolingbroke......ibid 115

6. Volumnia exhorting her son Coriolanus, to sooth and

please the Plebeians...

..ibid 116

7. The Prince of Verona exhorting old Capulet and Monta-

gue to restore the peace..

.ibid 17

8. Wolsey's advice to Cromwell how to rise without am-

bition..

....ibid 118

9. French king's advice to Bertram, not to despise virtue and

merit, though unallied to hereditary honours.

10. Hamlet's instruction to the players....

11. Polonius to Laertes

....

.ibid 119

.ibid 120

.ibid 121

12. The Countess Roussillon to her son Bertram.

13. Exiled duke's encouragement to exiles....

.ibid 121

.ibid 122

14. Friar Lawrence dissuading Romeo from committing sui-

cide......

.ibid 122

15. Norfolk's advice to the Duke of Buckingham, to restrain

resentment.

.ibid 124

16. John of Gaunt encouraging his son Bolingbroke, going

into banishment

17. Cato's senate.

18. Orestes' embassy to Pyrrhus

124

Addison 125

.ibid 129

19. Satan's speech to his angels at the opening the debate in

Pandemonium

20. Moloch's oration for war.

Milton 132

ibid 133

21. The speech of Belial, dissuading war ......

Milton 134

22. Old Nestor's speech, endeavouring to reconcile Achilles

ånd Agamemnon..

.....Cowper 136

23. Agamemnon's artful speech, proposing a return, in order

to try the disposition of the army..

24. Mutinous harrangue of Thersites

25. Ulysses' indignant rebuke of Thersites..

.ibid 137

.ibid 138

ibid 138

26. Agamemnon's reply to Nestor, his generous confession,

and spirited address.

...ibid 139

27. Hector's reprehension of Paris for avoiding Menclaus ibid 140

28. Paris' reply to Hector...

.ibid 140

29. Agamemnon to his troops, exciting them to battle, and

exhorting the leaders, by praises and reproofs....ibid 141

30. Jove's prohibition of all interference of the Gods, convened

in council, between the Greeks and Trojans

31. The embassy from Agamemnon to Achilles..

32. Achilles' reply.

.ibid 143

ibid 144

.ibid 146

33. The Trojan Council admonished by Polydamus and Hector,

on the appearance of Achilles

ibid 150

34. Agamemnon's apology for his behaviour to Achilles..ibid 152

35. Achilles exhorting the Greeks to battle...

ibid 152

36. Hector animating the Trojans to oppose Achilles....ibid 153

37. Entreaties of Priam and Hecuba, to persuade Hector to

retreat within the walls of Troy...

38. Mr. Walpole against Mr. Pitt, late Lord Chatham.

39. Mr. Pitt's reply...

.......

40. Sir Robt. Walpole on a motion to censure a certain paper

41. Mr. Pulteney's answer.

42, Sir Robert Walpole's reply...

43. Lord Chatham on American affairs

44. Mr. Fox on American affairs

45. Mr. Fox on parliamentary reform......

46. Mr. Fox against lord North.......

47. Mr. Sheridan against Mr. M. A. Taylor....

48. Mr. Beaufoy for the repeal of the test & corporation acts

49, Mr. Beaufoy for the repeal of the test & corporation acts

Part 2.

50. Lord North in reply to Mr. Beaufoy, against repealing

the corporation and test acts

51. Lord Thurlow on the East India bill.

52. Mr. Fox on East India affairs

.....

53. Mr. Fox in support of his East India bill-Part 1

54. Mr. Fox in support of his East India bill-Part 2

55. Mr. Fox in defence of his East India bill-Part 3... 212

56, Mr. Burke on India affairs....

213

57. Mr. Burke on India affairs-Part 2

217

the dissolution of parliament...

58. Lord North on addressing his Majesty, and on the coalition 221

59. Mr. Pulteney on a motion for continuing the army

60. Sir John Barnard on manning the fleet

61. Mr. (since lord chancellor) Erskine against Mr. Pitt, on

62. Mr. Dundas (now lord Melville) on the attainted peers.. 238

03. Speech of Scipio Africanus to his soldiers, at calling them

together after a sedition.....

64. Hannibal to his soldiers.

65. Cataline to his soldiers, previous to the battle which

proved decisive both of his cause and fate....

Part III. Judicial.

1. Sforza, duke of Milan, pleading his cause before the

emperor Charles V...

2. Malefort's defence.

3. Hermoine pleading her innocence.

4. Othello's apology

241

242

244

247

250

252

.Shakespear 252

5. Report of an adjudged case, not to be found in any of the

books....

.Cowper 254

Shakespear 255

6. Henry V. condemning treason

7. Accusation of Tertullus, against St. Paul, before Felix.. 257

8. St. Paul's defence, before Felix, in reply to the accusation

of Tertullus..

9. St. Paul's defence before Agrippa..

10. Speech of the honorable Thomas (now lord) Erskine,

for the prosecution against Williams, publisher of

Paine's Age of Reason-Part 1..

257

258

260

14. Lord Digby's speech upon the trial of lord Strafford....

15. Lord Strafford's speech before the sentence passed upon

12. Speech dictated by Dr. Johnson....

13. Mr. Pym's speech at the opening of the charge of high

treason against lord Strafford .......

11. The honorable Thomas (now lord) Erskine, for the pro-
secution against Williams-Part 2...

266

212

275

276

279

281

17. Tarquinius Superbus, against his father-in-law Servius

Tullus, before the senate

283

18. The reply of Servius Tullus to Tarquinius Superbus.

285

19. Cicero's oration for Milo-Part 1

20. Cicero's oration for Milo-Part 2

21. Cicero's oration for Milo-Part 3

22. Cicero's oration for Milo-Part 4

23. Cicero's oration for Milo-Part 5

24. Cicero's oration for Milo-Part 6

25. Cicero's oration for Milo-Part 7

26. The oration of Eschines against Demosthenes on the

crown.....

......

329

325

27. The oration of Demosthenes on the crown.

28. Speech of Mr. Mackintosh in defence of M. Peltier

..Part 1...... 330

29. Mr. Mackintosh in defence of M. Peltier-Part 2...

30. Mr. Mackintosh in defence of M. Peltier-Part 2..

334

337

SUPPLEMENT.

Of the different kinds of public speaking, not included
in the ancient rhetorics.

The MORNING and EVENING SERVICE of the CHURCH, with

the PUNCTUATION SO ADJUSTED, and the EMPHA-

TICAL WORDS SO DISTINGUISHED, as to exhibit the

whole IMPORT and FORCE of the composition...

Sacred and moral orations.

1. Pure religion and genuine devotion

2. Instance of self-deception..

379

Fawcett 398

.ibid 401

3. On the omnipresence of God..

.ibid 403

4. Reflections on God as our creator.

.ibid 407

5. On the respect due to all men..

.ibid 411

6. On the comparative sum of happiness and misery in the

present life

.ibid 415

7. Erroneous views of the happiness attending virtue and

vice....

.ibid 418

a sceptic...

8. On the superiority of sacred history and christian philo-

sophy.

9. The majesty and supremacy of the scriptures confessed by

10. Mistakes in judging of the scripture stile.

11. The prolific nature of vice

Masillon 421