[38] Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself, vol.i.,
p. 58.

[39] I give the nine versions to which I allude in an Appendix A, at
the end of this volume, so that those curious in such matters may
compare the words in which the same picture has been drawn by various
hands.

[40] Pro Archia, ca.vii.

[41] Brutus, ca.xc.

[42] Tacitus, De Oratoribus, xxx.

[43] Quintilian, lib. xii., c. vi., who wrote about the same time as
this essayist, tells us of these three instances of early oratory,
not, however, specifying the exact age in either case. He also reminds
us that Demosthenes pleaded when he was a boy, and that Augustus at
the age of twelve made a public harangue in honor of his grandmother.

[44] Brutus, ca.xc.

[45] Brutus, xci.

[46] Quintilian, lib. xii., vi.: "Quum jam clarum meruisset inter
patronos, qui tum erant, nomen, in Asiam navigavit, seque et aliis
sine dubio eloquentiae ae sapientiae magistris, sed praecipue tamen
Apollonio Moloni, quem Romae quoque audierat, Rhodi rursus formandum
ae velut recognendum dedit".