Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of Ireland, 2. kötetPrint. and pub. by I. Riley, 1811 |
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2. oldal
... feeling , or on an 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 ...
... feeling , or on an 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 ...
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... feel , as an advocate for my client , the awful duty of an obligation that has devolved . upon me . I do not mean , gentlemen , to dilate on my own personal fatigues , for I am not in the habit of considering my personal ill state of ...
... feel , as an advocate for my client , the awful duty of an obligation that has devolved . upon me . I do not mean , gentlemen , to dilate on my own personal fatigues , for I am not in the habit of considering my personal ill state of ...
8. oldal
... feel- ing for virtue , I trust that Lord Moira will be revered as a character that adds a dignity to the peerage . What made that noble character forego his great fortune , to quit his ex- tensive domains , and the tranquillity of a ...
... feel- ing for virtue , I trust that Lord Moira will be revered as a character that adds a dignity to the peerage . What made that noble character forego his great fortune , to quit his ex- tensive domains , and the tranquillity of a ...
9. oldal
... feel , gentlemen , the more warm , when I speak to you in favour of my client's innocence , and to bring his innocence home to your judg ment . I know the honesty and rectitude of your characters , and know my client has nothing to fear ...
... feel , gentlemen , the more warm , when I speak to you in favour of my client's innocence , and to bring his innocence home to your judg ment . I know the honesty and rectitude of your characters , and know my client has nothing to fear ...
17. oldal
... feel anxious to investigate the truth ? If you believe Rey- nolds , the meeting was for the worst purpose ; but was it with the knowledge of Bond ? for Bond said to Reynolds , " I VOL . II . C 1 can give you no information ; go to M ...
... feel anxious to investigate the truth ? If you believe Rey- nolds , the meeting was for the worst purpose ; but was it with the knowledge of Bond ? for Bond said to Reynolds , " I VOL . II . C 1 can give you no information ; go to M ...
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141. oldal - ... 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?
138. oldal - 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.
139. oldal - 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...
98. oldal - 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.
142. oldal - 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?
145. oldal - 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...
141. oldal - My lords, it may be a part of the system of angry justice...
76. oldal - 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.