Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of Ireland, المجلد 2Print. and pub. by I. Riley, 1811 |
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... consequence , the fact of levying war against the king might bring the life of the king into danger ; and therefore the statute wisely provides to prevent it , by making it high treason to compass or imagine the death of the king ...
... consequence , the fact of levying war against the king might bring the life of the king into danger ; and therefore the statute wisely provides to prevent it , by making it high treason to compass or imagine the death of the king ...
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... consequence of my interference , gave me an assurance that a particular de- scription of persons in Ireland , who it was understood were going to the United States , should not be allowed to proceed without our consent : this restraint ...
... consequence of my interference , gave me an assurance that a particular de- scription of persons in Ireland , who it was understood were going to the United States , should not be allowed to proceed without our consent : this restraint ...
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... consequence of such arrest , it became impossible for him to surrender himself and become amenable to justice within the time prescribed : and the counsel for the crown have rest- ed the case on the denial in point of fact of this ...
... consequence of such arrest , it became impossible for him to surrender himself and become amenable to justice within the time prescribed : and the counsel for the crown have rest- ed the case on the denial in point of fact of this ...
الصفحة 37
... consequence to the repose of all the civilized nations ; to the great moral system , I might almost say to the great physical system of the universe , to be permitted to act in compliance with the statute that called upon him to ...
... consequence to the repose of all the civilized nations ; to the great moral system , I might almost say to the great physical system of the universe , to be permitted to act in compliance with the statute that called upon him to ...
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... consequence , against whom he could harbour no particular malice - but it was therefore substantiated that he cherished malice prepense against mankind in general , whence he became a member unfit for society , for whose sake he must be ...
... consequence , against whom he could harbour no particular malice - but it was therefore substantiated that he cherished malice prepense against mankind in general , whence he became a member unfit for society , for whose sake he must be ...
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الصفحة 141 - ... an undeserved reproach thrown upon him during his trial, by charging him with ambition, and attempting to cast away for a paltry consideration the liberties of his country ! Why did your lordship insult me?
الصفحة 138 - What have I to say, why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me, according to law ? — I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce, and I must abide by.
الصفحة 139 - I should bow in silence, and meet the fate that awaits me without a murmur. But the sentence of the law which delivers my body to the executioner will, through the ministry of that law, labor, in its own vindication, to consign my character to obloquy...
الصفحة 98 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. . 8 They are brought down and fallen : but we are risen, and stand upright.
الصفحة 142 - I am charged with being an emissary of France. An emissary of France! and for what end? It is alleged that I wished to sell the independence of my country; and for what end?
الصفحة 145 - If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate in the concerns and cares of those who are dear to them in this transitory life, O, ever dear and venerated shade of my departed father, look down with scrutiny upon the conduct of your suffering son...
الصفحة 141 - My lords, it may be a part of the system of angry justice...
الصفحة 76 - Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious brutality of the soldiery, by the authority of the state — you would vainly endeavour to give her a general picture of lust, and rapine, and murder, and conflagration. By endeavouring to comprehend every thing, you would convey nothing.