Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 2 of 2

Laying alide any queflion concerning the pre-eminence in, point of rank, which is due to any one Of the three kinds be. Fore mentioned, I {hall begin with that which tends to throw. Molt light upon the reft, viz. The Eloquence of popular afl'cm blies. The molt auguf't theatre for this kind of Eloquence, to. Be found in any nat1on Of Europe, is, beyond doubt, the parlia ment of Great Britain, In meetings too, of lefs dignity, it may, 'difplay itfc-lf. Wherever there is a popular court, or wherever any number of men are aliembled for debate or confultation, there, in different forms, this fpecics of Eloquence may take.

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