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 46
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... of the transaction . Mr. Cope said , that such a man should be grati- fied to his wish , if a thousand a year and a seat in parliament would content him ! " conversation on the current politics of the times , and BOND'S TRIAL .
... of the transaction . Mr. Cope said , that such a man should be grati- fied to his wish , if a thousand a year and a seat in parliament would content him ! " conversation on the current politics of the times , and BOND'S TRIAL .
Sivu 23
... wish to distress your feelings from supplications ; it would be the most unbefitting to your candour and understand- ings you are bound by your oaths to find a true verdict ac- cording to the evidence ; and you do not deserve the ...
... wish to distress your feelings from supplications ; it would be the most unbefitting to your candour and understand- ings you are bound by your oaths to find a true verdict ac- cording to the evidence ; and you do not deserve the ...
Sivu 30
... wish , that you may carry with you an unbiassed mind , may find the state of the country , as I believe you will , favourable to your views of business , and its government deserving your attachment . * The American Consul in Dublin ...
... wish , that you may carry with you an unbiassed mind , may find the state of the country , as I believe you will , favourable to your views of business , and its government deserving your attachment . * The American Consul in Dublin ...
Sivu 36
... wish to put it from your minds , because his guilt or innocence has nothing to do with the issue you are sworn to try . Gentlemen , the issue you are called upon to try is not the guilt or the innocence of the prisoner : it is therefore ...
... wish to put it from your minds , because his guilt or innocence has nothing to do with the issue you are sworn to try . Gentlemen , the issue you are called upon to try is not the guilt or the innocence of the prisoner : it is therefore ...
Sivu 39
... wish , or to an intention , of availing him- self of the remaining time he had to surrender , they were determined he should not take advantage of it . He had been guilty of what the law deems a crime , that is , to fly from justice ...
... wish , or to an intention , of availing him- self of the remaining time he had to surrender , they were determined he should not take advantage of it . He had been guilty of what the law deems a crime , that is , to fly from justice ...
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act of parliament aldermen arrest attainder authority bill of attainder Bond Bond's called cause character charge Charles Massy client committed common conduct consider construction court of king's crime criminal crown Curran damages death defendant deponent doubt Dublin duty election England escape evidence fact feel Fitzgerald gentlemen give guilt Hamburgh heard heart Hevey high treason honour human husband indictment innocent Ireland Irish James Napper Tandy judge jury justice king king's bench lady learned counsel libel liberty Limerick Lord Edward Fitzgerald Lord Headfort Lord Kilwarden lord mayor lordships M'Cann Major Sirr Massy mayor and aldermen ment mind murder never noble oath observe offence Oliver Bond parliament peace person plaintiff prisoner punishment question rebellion rejection respect Reynolds statute suffer suppose surrender Tandy tion told trial United Irishmen verdict virtue warrant wife wish witness
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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.