Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of Ireland, Nide 2Print. and pub. by I. Riley, 1811 |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 77
Sivu 7
... duty to lay his case before you . It is a duty that at any time would be a painful one to me , but at present peculiarly so ; hav ing , in the course of this long trial , experienced great fa- tigue both of mind and body , a fatigue I ...
... duty to lay his case before you . It is a duty that at any time would be a painful one to me , but at present peculiarly so ; hav ing , in the course of this long trial , experienced great fa- tigue both of mind and body , a fatigue I ...
Sivu 9
... duty , but I impute the interruption to mere accident ; I cannot suppose it was levelled against me , but I am afraid it was excited by prejudice . Gentle- men of the jury , I was cautioning you against being preju diced against my ...
... duty , but I impute the interruption to mere accident ; I cannot suppose it was levelled against me , but I am afraid it was excited by prejudice . Gentle- men of the jury , I was cautioning you against being preju diced against my ...
Sivu 10
... duty to apprize you , that it is your duty to examine into the moral character of the witness that has been produced ; and it is of the utmost con- cern you should do this , as your verdict is to decide on the life or death , the fame ...
... duty to apprize you , that it is your duty to examine into the moral character of the witness that has been produced ; and it is of the utmost con- cern you should do this , as your verdict is to decide on the life or death , the fame ...
Sivu 18
... 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 of an Irish- man during the course of these trials ; I have ...
... 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 of an Irish- man during the course of these trials ; I have ...
Sivu 21
... judges before whom the then accused were tried , have long since paid the debt of nature : they cannot now be called to account why they shrunk from their duty . I call upon you , gentlemen of the jury , to be BOND'S TRIAL . 21.
... judges before whom the then accused were tried , have long since paid the debt of nature : they cannot now be called to account why they shrunk from their duty . I call upon you , gentlemen of the jury , to be BOND'S TRIAL . 21.
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Sivu 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?
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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?
Sivu 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...
Sivu 141 - My lords, it may be a part of the system of angry justice...
Sivu 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.