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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56. oldal
... principle , that , " whoever shall shed man's blood , by man shall his blood be shed . " When God gave life to man , he imposed it as a duty on him to protect that life he intrusted him with , until it was the will of him that gave it ...
... principle , that , " whoever shall shed man's blood , by man shall his blood be shed . " When God gave life to man , he imposed it as a duty on him to protect that life he intrusted him with , until it was the will of him that gave it ...
74. oldal
... principles and feelings substituted in their place , a stupid preference and admiration of self , an affecta- tion of humanity , and a fondness for unmerited praise ; these * Mr. Curran might easily have extended his examples to a much ...
... principles and feelings substituted in their place , a stupid preference and admiration of self , an affecta- tion of humanity , and a fondness for unmerited praise ; these * Mr. Curran might easily have extended his examples to a much ...
85. oldal
... principle foreign and unknown to our constitution , that any person , on any authority , should claim a privilege to commit acts of injury and oppression on his fellow citizens with im- punity , for past services , and for which he was ...
... principle foreign and unknown to our constitution , that any person , on any authority , should claim a privilege to commit acts of injury and oppression on his fellow citizens with im- punity , for past services , and for which he was ...
92. oldal
... principle which so many have been pleased to call ty- ranny , that we are indebted for the preservation of that liber- ty , which , in necessary instances , must have been violated , in order to perpetuate its effects , and render the ...
... principle which so many have been pleased to call ty- ranny , that we are indebted for the preservation of that liber- ty , which , in necessary instances , must have been violated , in order to perpetuate its effects , and render the ...
115. oldal
... principles of justice , which it has been found necessary in that country to enforce by the coercion of law : you cannot , said he , but feel that I allude to their statute that requires two witnesses in treason . Our statute does not ...
... principles of justice , which it has been found necessary in that country to enforce by the coercion of law : you cannot , said he , but feel that I allude to their statute that requires two witnesses in treason . Our statute does not ...
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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.