SPEECHES

OF

Peter

HENRY LORD BROUGHA Mud Vaux

UPON QUESTIONS RELATING TO

PUBLIC RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND INTERESTS;

WITH

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS,

AND

A CRITICAL DISSERTATION

UPON THE ELOQUENCE OF THE ANCIENTS.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH:

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK;

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS;
RIDGWAY AND SONS; AND CHARLES KNIGHT AND CO. LONDON.

M.DCCC.XXXVIII.

TO THE MOST NOBLE

RICHARD MARQUESS WELLESLEY,

SUCCESSIVELY

THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA,

BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN SPAIN,

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

AND

LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND,

THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED

AS A TRIBUTE

MOST JUSTLY DUE TO SO ILLUSTRIOUS A STATESMAN;

AND IN COMMEMORATION

OF THE RARE FELICITY OF ENGLAND,

SO RICH IN GENIUS AND CAPACITY FOR AFFAIRS,

THAT SHE CAN SPARE FROM HER SERVICE

SUCH MEN AS HIM. HE

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