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135. Injustice the Cause of National Ruin..

136. Supposed Speech against the Declaration..

137. Supposed Speech of Adams in Reply..

138. Society without Morality...

139. Embassy to Rome..

140. Cessation of Hostilities..

141. The Puritans...

142. The Demagogue.

143. Eulogium on John Q. Adams.

144. The Levelling System..

145. Spirit of Liberty in 1772.

146. On the Boston Massacre.

147. Men who never Die..

148. Literary Position of America..

149. When War shall be no more.

150. A Picture of Terror..

151. Stopping the March of Freedom.

152. Invective in the " Wilkinson Trial"..

153. The World of Beauty around us..

154. Danger of Vast Fortune..

155. Influence of Republican Geneva on the Puritans.

156. The same-continued

157. Secret of the Murderer.

158. Bunker Hill Monument..

159. Moral Power of Public Opinion.

160. Sacred from War..

161. Plea in the Michigan Railroad Conspiracy Trial.

162. Danger of Military Supremacy.

163. Executive Clemency..

164. Death of Jefferson and Adams..

165. Executive Power...

166. Greatness of Napoleon.

.EVERETT. 197 .

. CHANNING. 217

EUROPEAN ELOQUENCE, ANCIENT AND MODERN.

1. The Perfect Orator..

2. Appeal for Queen Caroline..

3. Demand for Justice to Ireland..

4. Defence from the Charge of Tyranny.

.O'CONNELL. 223

ROBESPIERRE. 223

5. Peroration in the Oration against Warren Hastings.... BURKE. 225

6. Catiline's Address to the Conspirators..

7. Conciliation of Ireland..

8 A Free Constitution..

9. Immortal Influence of Athens.

10. Trial of Warren Hastings.

12. Personal Vindication

13. The Duke of Wellington..

14. France and the Republic..

15. On the Presidential Election.

...ERSKINE. 227

.BOLINGBROKE. 229

.LAMARTINE. 237

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16. The Mysteries of Life..

17. In Relation to the Impeachment of Hastings.

19. Hope for Italy.

20. Province of the Historian..

21. Protest against Turkish Perfidy

22. Lesson to Ambition...

23. Catholic Restrictions.

24. Plea to George IV. in Behalf of the Queen..

25. In Defence of Mr. Finnerty..

26. The Evidence of Mr. O'Brien..

27. Cremutius Cordus's Defence of his Annals..

29. The Poet's Theme

30. On the Prospect of an Invasion..

31. Universality of Conscience.

32. On Parliamentary Reform.

33. Character of Justice..

34. The Hour of Destiny..

35. The same continued.

36. Vindication from Treason..

37. Vindication from Treason...

38. Influence of the Dutch.

39. Speech of Galgacus to the Caledonians..

40. Speech of Agricola to his Army in Britain..

41. Invective against Eschines..

42. Religious Liberty...

43. Securities from Catholic Ireland.

44. Blessings of Education.

45. Wrongs of Ireland.

46. On the Funeral of Henrietta..

47. Trial of the Church..

48. Duty in Time of War..

49. On the Conspiracy of Catiline

50. A Defence from Impeachment.

51. Liberty in the Revolution of 1830..

52. The True Conquerors..

53. Abolition of the Slave Trade...

54. Futility of Efforts to stay Reform...

.CHATEAUBRIAND. 238

SYDNEY SMITH, 246

.CULPEPPER. 252

.DUBLIN NATION. 258

.DUBLIN NATION. 260

DEMOSTHENES. 269

.SYDNEY SMITH. 270

.GILFILLAN. 275

.ST. CHAMANS. 280

WILBERFORCE. 283

.SYDNEY SMITH. 284

55. Plea of Sergeant Buzfuz in Bardell v. Pickwick..

56. The same-continued..

57. Death of Fox...

58. On the Reformation in England..

59. Attack of Antwerp.....

60. What is the French Revolution?..

61. True Use of Wealth..

62. Yielding to Public Opinion..

63. Decline of the Celtic Race.

64. Disregard of the Past..

65. On the Law of Copyright.

66. Hamlet's Address to the Players.

67. True Position of Napoleon...

.LAMARTINE. 292

.SHAKSPEARE 299

..CARMENIN, 299

68. Qualifications for Soldiers....

69. Grievances of the English Government..

70. Duty of England to Italy..

71. Defence of the Poet Archias

.SYDNEY SMITH 301

MACKINTOSH. 302

.MACKINTOSH. 303

72. Speech of Shrewsbury before Queen Elizabeth.

73. Mr. Fox and the East India Bill....

74. Detached Empire...

75. Taxation of America..

76. The Return of Peace..

77. Glory of Holland and Ireland.

78. Apparitions...

79. The Landed Interest..

80. Vindication from Dishonor..

81. Removal of the Troops from Boston.

82. "You cannot Conquer America".

83. Days of Desolation...

84. Indulgencies to the Catholics.

85. Safety only in the Republic.

.D'ISRAELI. 313

.SYDNEY SMITH. 319

86. Attachment of a People to their Religion.....SYDNEY SMITH, 321

87. Speech of Icilius to the Romans....

88. Visions of Joan of Arc and Bishop Beauvais.

89. The same-continued.

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