Excerpt from The Speeches of Charles Phillips, Esq.: Delivered at the Bar, and on Various Public Occasions, in Ireland and England This system of depreciation thus powerqy wielded, even to the date of the present publica tion, failed not in its energy, though it has in its object; nay more, it has succeeded in procuring for him the beneficial results of a multiplying te action. To borrow the expression of an eminent classic, the rays of their indignation collected upon him, served to illumine, but could not con sume, and doubtless, this hostility may have promoted this fact, that the materials of this volume are at this moment read in all the lan guages of Europe; and whatever he the proportion of their merits to their faults, they are unlikely to escape the attention of posterity. The independent reader, whom this book may introduce to a first or more correct acquaintance with his eloquence, will therefore be disposed to protect his mind against these illiberal prepossesc sions thus actively diffused, on the double consider ation that some defects are essential to such and so much labour, and that some detraction may justly be accounted for by the motives of the sys tem whose vices he exposed. The same reader, if he had not the opportunity of hearing these speeches delivered by the author, will make in his favour another deduction for a different reason. 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.