Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators, Philips, Curran and Grattan, to which is Added the Powerful Appeal of Robert Emmett, at the Close of His Trial for High Treason. Selected by a Member of the Bar |
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... Character of Napoleon Buonaparte , down to the period of his Exile to Elba 134 Speech of Mr. Phillips in the case of Browne v . Blake , for crim . con . delivered in Dublin , on the 9th July , 1817 . · · · Speech of Mr. Phillips at a ...
... Character of Napoleon Buonaparte , down to the period of his Exile to Elba 134 Speech of Mr. Phillips in the case of Browne v . Blake , for crim . con . delivered in Dublin , on the 9th July , 1817 . · · · Speech of Mr. Phillips at a ...
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... character of an orator . The interests of his reputation impose no necessity of denying many of those imper- fections which have been imputed to these productions . The value of all human exer- tion is comparative ; and positive ...
... character of an orator . The interests of his reputation impose no necessity of denying many of those imper- fections which have been imputed to these productions . The value of all human exer- tion is comparative ; and positive ...
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... character of the sage ! a conqueror , he was untainted with the crime of blood ; a revo- lutionist , he was free from any stain of treason ; for aggression commenced the contest , and his country called him to the com mand . - Liberty ...
... character of the sage ! a conqueror , he was untainted with the crime of blood ; a revo- lutionist , he was free from any stain of treason ; for aggression commenced the contest , and his country called him to the com mand . - Liberty ...
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... character was a sufficient shield against the imputation , and his policy must have taught him , that , in grasping at the shadow of a temporal power , he should but risk the reality of his ecclesias- tical supremacy . Thus was ...
... character was a sufficient shield against the imputation , and his policy must have taught him , that , in grasping at the shadow of a temporal power , he should but risk the reality of his ecclesias- tical supremacy . Thus was ...
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... character of her precepts , breathing the air and robed in the beauties of the world to which she would lead us ; with no argument but love , no look but peace , no wealth but piety ; her creed comprehensive as the arch of heaven , and ...
... character of her precepts , breathing the air and robed in the beauties of the world to which she would lead us ; with no argument but love , no look but peace , no wealth but piety ; her creed comprehensive as the arch of heaven , and ...
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