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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11. oldal
... statute passed , and by that statute it appears there must be two witnesses ; but when that statute came to be enacted here , the clause re- lative to there being two witnesses to an overt act of high treason is not made the law in ...
... statute passed , and by that statute it appears there must be two witnesses ; but when that statute came to be enacted here , the clause re- lative to there being two witnesses to an overt act of high treason is not made the law in ...
24. oldal
... statute of the 25 Edw . III . is high treason . Although the natural death of the king ' was not the immediate consequence , the fact of levying war against the king might bring the life of the king into danger ; and therefore the statute ...
... statute of the 25 Edw . III . is high treason . Although the natural death of the king ' was not the immediate consequence , the fact of levying war against the king might bring the life of the king into danger ; and therefore the statute ...
32. oldal
... statute to attaint James N. Tandy , Harvey Morris , and others , of high treason , having been re- turned into chancery , was from thence transmitted into this court by mittimus . The prisoners , Tandy and Morris , on the 10th of ...
... statute to attaint James N. Tandy , Harvey Morris , and others , of high treason , having been re- turned into chancery , was from thence transmitted into this court by mittimus . The prisoners , Tandy and Morris , on the 10th of ...
36. oldal
... statute , might have some impression on the minds of men sitting in judgment on the prisoner ; but for a more material reason I wish to put it from your minds , because his guilt or innocence has nothing to do with the issue you are ...
... statute , might have some impression on the minds of men sitting in judgment on the prisoner ; but for a more material reason I wish to put it from your minds , because his guilt or innocence has nothing to do with the issue you are ...
37. oldal
... statute that called upon him to surrender himself upon pain of death . The wisdom of the entire con timent was called upon to exercise its mediation on this most momentous circumstance . The diplomatic wisdom of Ger- many was TANDY'S ...
... statute that called upon him to surrender himself upon pain of death . The wisdom of the entire con timent was called upon to exercise its mediation on this most momentous circumstance . The diplomatic wisdom of Ger- many was TANDY'S ...
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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.