The Life and Times of Robert Emmet, EsqJames Duffy, 10, Wellington Quay., 1847 - 342 páginas |
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Página iii
... death , and illustrative of the character of that gentle being - the amiable , the devoted , the idolized object of the affec- tions of Robert Emmet . In the extracts from one of the letters that will be found there , we have not only ...
... death , and illustrative of the character of that gentle being - the amiable , the devoted , the idolized object of the affec- tions of Robert Emmet . In the extracts from one of the letters that will be found there , we have not only ...
Página iv
... death , " as to make his conduct in the dock , in the dungeon , on the scaffold - a spectacle never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it- a subject of mournful admiration to all who read of it - a theme of proud sorrow for all who ...
... death , " as to make his conduct in the dock , in the dungeon , on the scaffold - a spectacle never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it- a subject of mournful admiration to all who read of it - a theme of proud sorrow for all who ...
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... death affords for similar slanderous assertions - then the act would not only be murderous in its malice , but dastardly in the mode of doing it . I take for granted that the reviewer knew nothing of the character of William Corbet . I ...
... death affords for similar slanderous assertions - then the act would not only be murderous in its malice , but dastardly in the mode of doing it . I take for granted that the reviewer knew nothing of the character of William Corbet . I ...
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... Death prevented the accomplishment of the last ob- ject , but the former he carried into effect . After his death , the manuscript remained for several months in the possession of his brother ; it then passed through the hands of ...
... Death prevented the accomplishment of the last ob- ject , but the former he carried into effect . After his death , the manuscript remained for several months in the possession of his brother ; it then passed through the hands of ...
Página xiii
... death , and they have good reason to be afraid of it . They love their ease , and they take it after their own fashion . They pamper their appetites , they live grossly , they are given to gluttony , or debauchery , or avarice ; they ...
... death , and they have good reason to be afraid of it . They love their ease , and they take it after their own fashion . They pamper their appetites , they live grossly , they are given to gluttony , or debauchery , or avarice ; they ...
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23rd of July acquainted addressed Allen Anne Devlin arms arrested attempt blunderbusses brother brought Buonaparte Butterfield-lane called Castle cause character Colonel Despard communication conduct Consul Corbet court death Depot Dowdall Dublin Dwyer England escape evidence execution father feelings Fitzgerald former France French friends gentleman George Dunn hands Hevey honour hope Howley insurrection Ireland Irish John Mason justice Kildare Kilmainham jail letter living London Chronicle Lord Castlereagh Lord Kilwarden Major Sirr ment Michael Dwyer mind Miss Curran month never night o'clock object occasion officer papers Paris party Patrick-street person pikes Plunket prisoner proclamation Quigley Rathfarnham rebel rebellion received respect Richard Curran Robert A Roon Robert Emmet Sarah Curran sent shew T. A. Emmet taken Talleyrand Thomas Addis Emmet Thomas-street tion took treason treaty of Amiens Trevor trial United Irishmen Wicklow witness
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Página 270 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Página 242 - 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...
Página 244 - The form also presents the right of answering. This, no doubt, may be dispensed with, and so might the whole ceremony of the trial, since sentence was already pronounced at the Castle before the jury were empanelled.
Página 246 - My Lords, you are impatient for the sacrifice - the blood which you seek is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates warmly and unruffled, through the channels which God created for noble purposes, but which you are bent to destroy, for purposes so grievous, that they cry to heaven.
Página 262 - If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her, whose whole soul was occupied by his image? Let those tell who have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed between them and the being they most loved on earth — who have sat at its threshold, as one shut out in a cold and lonely world, from whence all that was most lovely and loving had departed.
Página 263 - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wo-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
Página 262 - When every worldly maxim arrayed itself against him; when blasted in fortune, and disgrace, and danger darkened around his name, she loved him the more ardently for his very sufferings. If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her...
Página 263 - ... as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow. After strolling through the splendid rooms and giddy crowd with an air of utter abstraction, she sat herself down on the steps of an orchestra, and looking about for some time with a vacant air, that showed her insensibility to the garish scene, she began, with the capriciousness of a sickly heart, to warble a little plaintive air. She had an exquisite voice ; but on this...
Página 1 - I am going to my cold and silent grave : my lamp of life is nearly extinguished : my race is run : the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world — it is the charity of its silence! Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives...
Página 241 - ... of such foul and unfounded imputations as have been laid against me in this court. You, my lord, are a judge ; I am the supposed culprit.