Irish Eloquence: The Speches 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 TreasonMember of the bar |
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... counsels , that to the soldier and the statesman he almost added the 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 ...
... counsels , that to the soldier and the statesman he almost added the 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 ...
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... counsels ; with Barry , enriching the arts by his pencil ; with Swift , adorning literature by his genius ; with Goldsmith or with Moore , softening the heart by their melo- dy ; or with Wellington , chaining victory at his car , he may ...
... counsels ; with Barry , enriching the arts by his pencil ; with Swift , adorning literature by his genius ; with Goldsmith or with Moore , softening the heart by their melo- dy ; or with Wellington , chaining victory at his car , he may ...
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... counsel for the plaintiff , who has deputed me , with the kind concession of my much more efficient colleagues , to detail to you the story of his misfortunes . In the course of a long friendship which has exist- ed between us ...
... counsel for the plaintiff , who has deputed me , with the kind concession of my much more efficient colleagues , to detail to you the story of his misfortunes . In the course of a long friendship which has exist- ed between us ...
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... counsel will concede it cannot . But it may be palliated . Let us see how . - Perhaps the defendant was young and thought- less ; perhaps unmerited prosperity raised him above the pressure of misfortune , and the wild impulses of ...
... counsel will concede it cannot . But it may be palliated . Let us see how . - Perhaps the defendant was young and thought- less ; perhaps unmerited prosperity raised him above the pressure of misfortune , and the wild impulses of ...
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... counsel for the Plaintiff , to state to you the circumstances in which this action has originated . It is a source to me , I will confess it , of much personal embarrassment . Fee- bly , indeed , can I attempt to convey to you , the ...
... counsel for the Plaintiff , to state to you the circumstances in which this action has originated . It is a source to me , I will confess it , of much personal embarrassment . Fee- bly , indeed , can I attempt to convey to you , the ...
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act of navigation aldermen argument Attorney-general bill bill of attainder Britain British called calumny Catholic cause character charge client common consider constitution court crime criminal crown Curran death defendant Dublin duty election eloquence enemies England evidence fact feel gentlemen give Grattan guilt happy heart heaven Hevey high treason honest hope house of commons human innocence Ireland Irish Irishman judges jury justice king labour land learned counsel libel liberty lord lieutenant lord mayor mean ment mercy mind minister misery nation nature never noble oath object offence Oliver Bond parliament peace pension perhaps perjury person plaintiff principle prosecution protection punishment question racter reason rejection religion right honourable right honourable gentleman riot act sacred SPEECH spirit statute suffer suppose tell tion tithe trial united Irishmen verdict victim virtue warrant William Orr witness wretched
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Page 105 - Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; till oft converse with heavenly habitants begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Page 77 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 35 - If he had paused here, history might have doubted what station to assign him : whether at the head of her citizens or her soldiers — her heroes or her patriots. But the last glorious act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land he might be almost said to have created...
Page 364 - I would dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of liberty should be my grave. What I could not do myself, if I should fall, I should leave as a last charge to my countrymen to accomplish; because I should feel conscious that life, any more than death, is unprofitable, when a foreign nation holds my country in subjection. But...
Page 134 - With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive...
Page 360 - 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. But I have that to say which interests me more than life...
Page 135 - ... in the hope of a dynasty, he upheld the crescent ; for the sake of a divorce, he bowed before the cross : the orphan of St. Louis, he became the adopted child of the republic...
Page 109 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery, — the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the...
Page 363 - ... 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?
Page 136 - The victorious veteran glittered with his gains; and the capital, gorgeous with the spoils of art, became the miniature metropolis of the universe.