 | 1903 - 606 pages
...waited for that distant day to which he would fain have adjourned the writing of his epitaph, the day ' when my ' country takes her place among the nations of the earth.' Thanks to the loyalty to Emmet's memory consistently shown by the most eminent Irish man of letters... | |
 | Ireland - 1805 - 428 pages
...now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other...country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then — and not till then — let my epitaph be written— I have done. INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF... | |
 | James Gordon - Ireland - 1805 - 280 pages
...now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them. andme repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other...times, and! other men; can do justice to my character j—when iny country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then—and not till then—4et... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...them arid me repose in obscurity, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other n-.cn can do justice to my character. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, thai, and not till then, let my epitaph be written I HAVE DOME 1" We have no hesitation in saying,... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 354 pages
...IT. T dicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times...country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then^ let my epitaph be written I HAVE BONE !" COUNSEL for the crown: The Attorney-General,... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 348 pages
...T . dicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity, and. my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times...country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written 1 HAVE DONE !" COUNSEL far the crown: The Attorney-General,... | |
 | John Agg - 1817 - 308 pages
...now vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them : let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed until other...justice to my character; when my country takes her place amongst the nations of the earth, then, and then only, may my epitaph be written. 1 have done. Dublin,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...now vindicate them. let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times...country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then-, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.——I HAVE DONE !" THESE were the last words... | |
 | 1820 - 298 pages
...now vindicate them, lei no prejudice or ignorance asperse them ; let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men san do justice to my character ; when my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, tien,... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1821 - 466 pages
...vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them: let them and me repose in oblivion and peace, until other times, and other men can do justice to my character/' Emmett was executed on the following day, and met death with great fortitude and composure. The concluding... | |
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Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me... 
