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... addressing a numerous , but distracted assembly , which he wished to persuade . His words flowed with a graceful fluency , and he combined his arguments with all the ease of a man accustomed to abstract dis- cussions . " Robert Emmet ...
... addressing a numerous , but distracted assembly , which he wished to persuade . His words flowed with a graceful fluency , and he combined his arguments with all the ease of a man accustomed to abstract dis- cussions . " Robert Emmet ...
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... addressed to him while in imprison- ment , or exile , from which the following extracts are taken , as tending to show the estimation in which he was held by both his parents , and to afford , also , in a slight degree , an insight into ...
... addressed to him while in imprison- ment , or exile , from which the following extracts are taken , as tending to show the estimation in which he was held by both his parents , and to afford , also , in a slight degree , an insight into ...
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... addressed to Lord Hope , then Lord Advocate of Scotland . " Fort George , Dec. 14 , 1801 . " MY DEAR LORD - I am obliged again to trouble you , in consequence of Mrs. Emmet's uneasiness , from a paragraph which she read in a public ...
... addressed to Lord Hope , then Lord Advocate of Scotland . " Fort George , Dec. 14 , 1801 . " MY DEAR LORD - I am obliged again to trouble you , in consequence of Mrs. Emmet's uneasiness , from a paragraph which she read in a public ...
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... addressed from Brussells to Dr. Mac- neven , at Paris , which immediately refer to the com- munications entered into ... address . My excuse turning upon her health , you will naturally be anxious to know its pre- sent state . She is ...
... addressed from Brussells to Dr. Mac- neven , at Paris , which immediately refer to the com- munications entered into ... address . My excuse turning upon her health , you will naturally be anxious to know its pre- sent state . She is ...
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... addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner . No evidence was brought forward to contradict the crown witnesses ; but to the character of the prisoner , Lord Nelson , Sir Alured Clerk , George Long , Esq . , and Sir Evan Nepeau ...
... addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner . No evidence was brought forward to contradict the crown witnesses ; but to the character of the prisoner , Lord Nelson , Sir Alured Clerk , George Long , Esq . , and Sir Evan Nepeau ...
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23rd of July acquainted addressed Allen Anne Devlin arms arrested attack attempt Attorney-General blood blunderbusses brother brought Buonaparte Butterfield-lane called Castle cause character Colonel Despard communication conduct confined conspiracy countrymen court death deponent saith Depot Dowdall Dublin England escape execution feel fire Fitzgerald France French gentleman George Dunn guilty hand Hevey honour hope Howley insurrection Ireland Irish John Mason justice Kildare Kilmainham jail letter liberty living Lord Castlereagh Lord Kilwarden Major Sirr ment Michael Dwyer Miss Curran never night o'clock occasion officer papers party Patrick-street person Petitioner pikes pistols Plunket prisoner proclamation Provisional Government Quigley Rathdrum Rathfarnham rebel rebellion respect Richard Curran Robert A Roon Robert Emmet Sarah Curran scaffold Sea Point sent shew street suffered T. A. Emmet taken Thomas Addis Emmet Thomas-street tion took treason Trevor trial United Irishmen Wicklow witness
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Página 252 - 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 228 - 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 dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
Página 226 - By you, too, who, if it were possible to collect all the innocent blood that you have shed in your unhallowed ministry, in one great reservoir, your lordship might swim in...
Página 240 - 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 on the beach with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other...
Página 226 - I have been charged with that importance, in the efforts to emancipate my country, as to be considered the keystone of the combination of Irishmen, or, as your lordship expressed it, "the life and blood of the conspiracy.
Página 272 - OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breath not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid : Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head...
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...
Página 245 - ... and distinction. She was led into society, and they tried by all kinds of occupation and amusement to dissipate her grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her loves.
Página 244 - 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, 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...
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...