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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... occasion the importance of which claimed more exertion on his part , or attention from the public . " On the very night ( said he ) that Lord Moira , with a degree of captivating eloquence , for which that noble- man is distinguished ...
... occasion the importance of which claimed more exertion on his part , or attention from the public . " On the very night ( said he ) that Lord Moira , with a degree of captivating eloquence , for which that noble- man is distinguished ...
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... occasions hath fallen on former judges , from a breach of this doctrine . Upon a former occasion I differed in opinion from the learned judge who then presided , as to what I conceived to be the law , as to what is to be constru- ed in ...
... occasions hath fallen on former judges , from a breach of this doctrine . Upon a former occasion I differed in opinion from the learned judge who then presided , as to what I conceived to be the law , as to what is to be constru- ed in ...
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... occasion , arranged itself on the side of the malcontents . I ought to except from this re- mark , most of the enlightened and well educated Irishmen , who reside among us , and , with a few exceptions , I might confine it to the ...
... occasion , arranged itself on the side of the malcontents . I ought to except from this re- mark , most of the enlightened and well educated Irishmen , who reside among us , and , with a few exceptions , I might confine it to the ...
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... occasion : at the same time , I desire not to act with illiberality , and should be unwilling to bring upon my country the slightest imputation of inhospitality . What Mr. Wilson * has written , so far as it goes , is satisfac- tory ...
... occasion : at the same time , I desire not to act with illiberality , and should be unwilling to bring upon my country the slightest imputation of inhospitality . What Mr. Wilson * has written , so far as it goes , is satisfac- tory ...
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... occasion of the present inquiry . An act of parliament passed in this country on the 5th day of October , 1798 , en- titled " An act to compel certain persons who have been engaged in the late rebellion which hath broken out in this ...
... occasion of the present inquiry . An act of parliament passed in this country on the 5th day of October , 1798 , en- titled " An act to compel certain persons who have been engaged in the late rebellion which hath broken out in this ...
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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.