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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55. oldal
... defendant could by possibility shake it ; but the humanity of the law has also given to the prisoner a great advantage indeed , and that was the solemn and awful duty that was imposed upon * We insert this trial merely to show the ...
... defendant could by possibility shake it ; but the humanity of the law has also given to the prisoner a great advantage indeed , and that was the solemn and awful duty that was imposed upon * We insert this trial merely to show the ...
63. oldal
... defendant , if it shall appear supported by proof . And the event must stamp the most condign and indelible disgrace on the guilty defendant , unless an unworthy verdict should shift the scan- dal upon another quarter . On the record ...
... defendant , if it shall appear supported by proof . And the event must stamp the most condign and indelible disgrace on the guilty defendant , unless an unworthy verdict should shift the scan- dal upon another quarter . On the record ...
64. oldal
... defendant , from an obscure individual , started into notice and consequence . It is in the hot - bed of public calamity , that such portentous and inauspicious products are accelerated without being matured . From being a town major ...
... defendant , from an obscure individual , started into notice and consequence . It is in the hot - bed of public calamity , that such portentous and inauspicious products are accelerated without being matured . From being a town major ...
70. oldal
... defendant , soon arrived , went into his office , and returned with an order which he had written , and by virtue of which Mr. Hevey way conveyed to the custody of his old friend and gaoler , Major Sandys . Here he was flung into a room ...
... defendant , soon arrived , went into his office , and returned with an order which he had written , and by virtue of which Mr. Hevey way conveyed to the custody of his old friend and gaoler , Major Sandys . Here he was flung into a room ...
73. oldal
... defendant ;, but my reasons for giving you this advice lie much deeper than such considerations ; they spring from a view of our present most forlorn and disastrous situa- tion . You are now in the hands of another country ; that ...
... defendant ;, but my reasons for giving you this advice lie much deeper than such considerations ; they spring from a view of our present most forlorn and disastrous situa- tion . You are now in the hands of another country ; that ...
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145. oldal - I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world — it is the charity of its silence...
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 ; and see if I have even for a moment deviated from those principles of morality and patriotism which it was your care to instil into my youthful mind ; and for which I am now to offer up my life.
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.
298. oldal - Ireland have been shed; yes, my good lord, I see you do not forget them; I see their sacred forms passing in sad review before your memory; I see your pained and softened fancy recalling those happy meetings, when the innocent enjoyment of social mirth expanded into the nobler warmth of social virtue; and the horizon of the board became enlarged into the horizon of man...
138. oldal - I do not imagine that, seated where you are, your minds can be so free from impurity as to receive the least impression from what I am going to utter.
214. oldal - ... pass. What are your inducements? Is it love, think you? No, do not give that name to any attraction you can find in the faded refuse of a violated bed. Love is a noble and generous passion; it can be founded only on a pure and ardent friendship, on an exalted respect — on an implicit confidence in its object.
141. oldal - You, my lord, are a judge. I am the supposed culprit I am a man, — you are a man also.
140. oldal - I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge, when a prisoner has been convicted, to pronounce the sentence of the law. I have also understood that judges sometimes think it their duty to hear with patience and to speak with humanity...
143. oldal - Were the French to come as invaders or enemies, uninvited by the wishes of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength. Yes ! my countrymen, I should advise you to meet them upon the beach with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other.