Excerpt from Lecture on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 2 of 2 To all the three pulpit, bar, and popular assemblies, ' belong in common, the rules concerning the conduct of a discoursevin all its parts, Of these rules I purpose afterwards to treat at large. But before proceeding to them, I intend to shew, first, what is peculiar to each of these three kinds of oratory, in their spirit, character or manner. For every species of public speaking has a manner or character-peculiarly suited to it of which it is highly material to have a just idea, in order to di-r rect the application of general rules. I The Eloquence of a law yer is fundamentally different from that ogdivine, or a speaker in parliament: and to have a precise an proper idea of the distinguishing character which any kind of public speaking requires, is 'the foundation of what is called a just taste in that kind of speaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.