Curran and His ContemporariesW. Blackwood, 1850 - 496 páginas |
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... given to the bar and the senate some of their brightest ornaments . [ The person here alluded to has since been made a bishop . I rejoice to say that a more enlightened successor has reopened the Society , and that the University , in ...
... given to the bar and the senate some of their brightest ornaments . [ The person here alluded to has since been made a bishop . I rejoice to say that a more enlightened successor has reopened the Society , and that the University , in ...
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... given in his treatment of Dr Magee , Bishop of Raphoe , afterwards Archbishop of Dublin , and author of the celebrated work on the Atonement . Hutchinson was provost , and had proposed his son for the representa- tion of the University ...
... given in his treatment of Dr Magee , Bishop of Raphoe , afterwards Archbishop of Dublin , and author of the celebrated work on the Atonement . Hutchinson was provost , and had proposed his son for the representa- tion of the University ...
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... given to understand it would be granted , provided he voted for the Provost's son . This , however , a previous promise ( which , of course , he was too honourable to violate ) withheld him from doing . The Provost had just heard of the ...
... given to understand it would be granted , provided he voted for the Provost's son . This , however , a previous promise ( which , of course , he was too honourable to violate ) withheld him from doing . The Provost had just heard of the ...
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... given me , in some degree , the means of gratifying his curiosity . Bob Lyons , the attorney , was a perfect but indeed a very favourable specimen of a class of men now quite extinct in Ireland , and never perhaps known in any other ...
... given me , in some degree , the means of gratifying his curiosity . Bob Lyons , the attorney , was a perfect but indeed a very favourable specimen of a class of men now quite extinct in Ireland , and never perhaps known in any other ...
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... . " I have every reason from Mr Curran's own report to believe the character given of this Robinson by the historian of the foregoing anec- 66 dote . If he does not affect the " nostrils CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 57.
... . " I have every reason from Mr Curran's own report to believe the character given of this Robinson by the historian of the foregoing anec- 66 dote . If he does not affect the " nostrils CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 57.
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admirable advocate affection afterwards amongst barrister bench called Catholic character Chief-Justice Clonmel Cockaigne consider court crime Curran dear death defence doubt Dublin duty eloquence Emmett enemies England feel Flood genius gentlemen give Government Grattan grave guilt Habeas Corpus hand happy heard heart Hevey honour hope House of Commons human Ireland Irish judge jury justice knew labour liberty live Lord Avonmore Lord Brougham Lord Castlereagh Lord Clare Lord Cornwallis Lord Edward Fitzgerald Lord Fitzwilliam Lord Kilwarden Lord Plunket memory ment mind minister nation nature never noble Norbury occasion opinion Parliament passed patriot perhaps person Peter Burrowes Plunket political poor principles prisoner recollection respect Roman Catholic scarcely scene seems speak speech spirit suffer suppose talents tell thought tion Tone trial United Irishmen verdict vote witness wretched
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Página 300 - 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 136 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Página 294 - OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe 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. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps ; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.
Página 300 - SHE is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her sighing ; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Página 289 - 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 177 - I put it to your oaths, do you think that a blessing of that kind, that a victory obtained by justice over bigotry and oppression, should have a stigma cast upon it by an ignominious sentence upon men bold and honest enough to propose that measure ; to propose the redeeming of religion from the abuses of the church — the reclaiming of three millions of men from bondage, and giving liberty to all who had a right to demand it — giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving...
Página 285 - 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 300 - He had lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried, Nor long will his love stay behind him. Oh ! make her a grave where the sunbeams rest When they promise a glorious morrow ; They'll shine o'er her sleep, like a smile from the West, From her own loved island of sorrow.
Página 287 - 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 279 - I in the most express terms deny the competency of parliament to do this act — I warn you, do not dare to lay your hand on the Constitution. I tell you that if, circumstanced as you are, you pass this act, it will be a nullity, and that no man in Ireland will be bound to obey it.