Curran and His ContemporariesW. Blackwood, 1850 - 496 páginas |
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... observation proved rather her sagacity than her prudence . Had he directed his talents to the church , there can be no doubt his success would have been splendid : he would have been the poorest and the most popular preacher of the day ...
... observation proved rather her sagacity than her prudence . Had he directed his talents to the church , there can be no doubt his success would have been splendid : he would have been the poorest and the most popular preacher of the day ...
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... observation . He could not have been very idle , and he never was very industrious ; however , there was no period of his life during which he could not do as much in one hour as most other men could do in three , so that the stores of ...
... observation . He could not have been very idle , and he never was very industrious ; however , there was no period of his life during which he could not do as much in one hour as most other men could do in three , so that the stores of ...
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... of the world , " The Provost , " said Goldsmith , " stands like an arch - every additional pressure only shows his strength . " He justified the observation - with- stood all his enemies - and is said , when 44 CURRAN AND HIS ...
... of the world , " The Provost , " said Goldsmith , " stands like an arch - every additional pressure only shows his strength . " He justified the observation - with- stood all his enemies - and is said , when 44 CURRAN AND HIS ...
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... observed the brightness of the infant luminary struggling through the obscurity that clouded its commencement . Amongst those who had the discrimination to appreciate , and the heart to feel for him , luckily for Curran , was Mr Arthur ...
... observed the brightness of the infant luminary struggling through the obscurity that clouded its commencement . Amongst those who had the discrimination to appreciate , and the heart to feel for him , luckily for Curran , was Mr Arthur ...
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... observed him too busy with his port- manteau for observation ; he then levelled at him the old blunderbuss which lay charged in the corner ; the stiffness of whose trigger , too strong for his infant fingers , alone prevented the aim ...
... observed him too busy with his port- manteau for observation ; he then levelled at him the old blunderbuss which lay charged in the corner ; the stiffness of whose trigger , too strong for his infant fingers , alone prevented the aim ...
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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.