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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... respecting which he had obtained very bad intelligence indeed , for I cannot suppose his lordship guilty of deliberate misstatement - on that very night when he was endeavouring to show that there were no traitors in Ireland , that the ...
... respecting which he had obtained very bad intelligence indeed , for I cannot suppose his lordship guilty of deliberate misstatement - on that very night when he was endeavouring to show that there were no traitors in Ireland , that the ...
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... respect to myself , nor to draw your attention to myself , but to induce you to reflect upon this - that , in the weakness of the advocate , the case of my client , the prisoner at the bar , is not implicated ; for , his case is so ...
... respect to myself , nor to draw your attention to myself , but to induce you to reflect upon this - that , in the weakness of the advocate , the case of my client , the prisoner at the bar , is not implicated ; for , his case is so ...
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... respect to prosecutions brought forward by the state , I have ever been of opinion , the decision is to be by the jury , and as to any matter of law , the jury do derive in- formation from the court ; for jurors have , by the constitu ...
... respect to prosecutions brought forward by the state , I have ever been of opinion , the decision is to be by the jury , and as to any matter of law , the jury do derive in- formation from the court ; for jurors have , by the constitu ...
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... respect- able witnesses to the hitherto unimpeached character of the prisoner at the bar , that he was a man of fair , honest charac- ter ; you , gentlemen of the jury , have yourselves known him a number of years in this city ; let me ...
... respect- able witnesses to the hitherto unimpeached character of the prisoner at the bar , that he was a man of fair , honest charac- ter ; you , gentlemen of the jury , have yourselves known him a number of years in this city ; let me ...
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... respecting these negotiations , and it having been said , that no such interference ever took place , the following letters will put that matter beyond a doubt . We copy them from the original documents , and leave them to the judgment ...
... respecting these negotiations , and it having been said , that no such interference ever took place , the following letters will put that matter beyond a doubt . We copy them from the original documents , and leave them to the judgment ...
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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.