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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... punish any person who dared to interrupt the counsel for the prisoner , and said they hoped Mr. Cur- ran would be able to proceed in stating the prisoner's case . ] Mr. Curran in continuation . I have very little hope to be able to ...
... punish any person who dared to interrupt the counsel for the prisoner , and said they hoped Mr. Cur- ran would be able to proceed in stating the prisoner's case . ] Mr. Curran in continuation . I have very little hope to be able to ...
الصفحة 46
... punish any man ; but it was to compel every man , mentioned in it , to do that which every subject of the realm was ... punishment on the party , or to condemn him to death unheard ; but it was to compel him to do that which he ought to ...
... punish any man ; but it was to compel every man , mentioned in it , to do that which every subject of the realm was ... punishment on the party , or to condemn him to death unheard ; but it was to compel him to do that which he ought to ...
الصفحة 56
... punishment on the head of the deliberate and wilful murderer , did only carry the commands of God into effect , through the medium of the municipal law . It would be necessary for the jury to carry in their minds , that though it is ...
... punishment on the head of the deliberate and wilful murderer , did only carry the commands of God into effect , through the medium of the municipal law . It would be necessary for the jury to carry in their minds , that though it is ...
الصفحة 62
... punishment just - but although may have been the tribute of abhorrence which nature be- stows on the foul deed of ... punish- ment , and although privation of life may satisfy the sentence of the law , the sentence of public feeling and ...
... punishment just - but although may have been the tribute of abhorrence which nature be- stows on the foul deed of ... punish- ment , and although privation of life may satisfy the sentence of the law , the sentence of public feeling and ...
الصفحة 73
... punishment of the savage bar- barity of the defendant ; but my reasons for giving you this advice lie much deeper than such considerations ; they spring from a view of our present most forlorn and disastrous situa- · tion . You are now ...
... punishment of the savage bar- barity of the defendant ; but my reasons for giving you this advice lie much deeper than such considerations ; they spring from a view of our present most forlorn and disastrous situa- · tion . You are now ...
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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.