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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... never , in any moment of his life , had risen under impressions of more solemn feeling , or on an occasion the importance of which claimed more exertion on his part , or attention from the public . " On the very night ( said he ) that ...
... never , in any moment of his life , had risen under impressions of more solemn feeling , or on an occasion the importance of which claimed more exertion on his part , or attention from the public . " On the very night ( said he ) that ...
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... never be able to find out where the pro- vincial meetings meet ! This deponent replied " it was im- possible !!! " This deponent saw Lord Edward several times after the arrest of Bond ; at one of the interviews , he gave this depo- nent ...
... never be able to find out where the pro- vincial meetings meet ! This deponent replied " it was im- possible !!! " This deponent saw Lord Edward several times after the arrest of Bond ; at one of the interviews , he gave this depo- nent ...
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... never shall be ashamed of it . I am extremely sorry I should differ from the bench in opinion on a point of law , but judges have had different opinions on the same subject . When an overt act is laid of compassing and imagining the ...
... never shall be ashamed of it . I am extremely sorry I should differ from the bench in opinion on a point of law , but judges have had different opinions on the same subject . When an overt act is laid of compassing and imagining the ...
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... never gave information of the meetings at Bond's ! Now see how many oaths Reynolds has taken ! he admits he took two of the obligations to the Society of United Irishmen . He told you Lord Edward advised him to accept of being colonel ...
... never gave information of the meetings at Bond's ! Now see how many oaths Reynolds has taken ! he admits he took two of the obligations to the Society of United Irishmen . He told you Lord Edward advised him to accept of being colonel ...
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... never heard any thing to his prejudice before this charge . I know my duty to my client , and must tell you if you have had prejudices I know you will discard them . I am not paying you any compliments ; I have spoken under the feelings ...
... never heard any thing to his prejudice before this charge . I know my duty to my client , and must tell you if you have had prejudices I know you will discard them . I am not paying you any compliments ; I have spoken under the feelings ...
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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.