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... means of resistance . This great truth has been taught , preached , and practically demonstrated in our days ; I do not say that government had felt the influence of the humanizing spirit which marks that stage of civilization I have ...
... means of resistance . This great truth has been taught , preached , and practically demonstrated in our days ; I do not say that government had felt the influence of the humanizing spirit which marks that stage of civilization I have ...
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... means probable that amusement was the main object of his visit ; whatever the nature of it was , he remained on the Continent , made a tour in Swit- zerland , Holland , and several parts of France , and , subsequently , I have been ...
... means probable that amusement was the main object of his visit ; whatever the nature of it was , he remained on the Continent , made a tour in Swit- zerland , Holland , and several parts of France , and , subsequently , I have been ...
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... mean to say upon the subject , until you have taken your final determination . That it may tend to your hap- piness , and the advantage of your family , I shall never cease to wish and pray , and , whatever our feelings may be , we ...
... mean to say upon the subject , until you have taken your final determination . That it may tend to your hap- piness , and the advantage of your family , I shall never cease to wish and pray , and , whatever our feelings may be , we ...
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... mean but to deliver up all the United Irishmen in the same manner that he did the Italians . " The fact stated by Mr. Goldsmith is perfectly true ; Robert Emmet's infor- mation to his brother on this subject was not erroneous . Mr ...
... mean but to deliver up all the United Irishmen in the same manner that he did the Italians . " The fact stated by Mr. Goldsmith is perfectly true ; Robert Emmet's infor- mation to his brother on this subject was not erroneous . Mr ...
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... means of refuting that charge , or of destroy- ing the credit of the witnesses produced . I have , therefore , nothing to say now , but what I said when first brought to the bar , that I am not guilty . " At the conclusion of the ...
... means of refuting that charge , or of destroy- ing the credit of the witnesses produced . I have , therefore , nothing to say now , but what I said when first brought to the bar , that I am not guilty . " At the conclusion of the ...
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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...