Curran and His ContemporariesW. Blackwood, 1850 - 496 páginas |
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... tion . At length , before one of the most crowded audiences , he began to expatiate upon the village politics ; he described the fairs , told the wake secrets , caricatured the audience ; and , after disclosing every amour , and ...
... tion . At length , before one of the most crowded audiences , he began to expatiate upon the village politics ; he described the fairs , told the wake secrets , caricatured the audience ; and , after disclosing every amour , and ...
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... tion of Lord Townsend , he , on the recommendation of Lord Lifford , the then chancellor , was elected to a seat in the House of Commons , and from that period advanced gradually through the subordinate offices to his station on the ...
... tion of Lord Townsend , he , on the recommendation of Lord Lifford , the then chancellor , was elected to a seat in the House of Commons , and from that period advanced gradually through the subordinate offices to his station on the ...
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... , and had proposed his son for the representa- tion of the University . Magee was a fellow , and had a He vote . The fellows after a certain time must be CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 45 stood all his enemies-and is said, when ...
... , and had proposed his son for the representa- tion of the University . Magee was a fellow , and had a He vote . The fellows after a certain time must be CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 45 stood all his enemies-and is said, when ...
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... tion of the heart . " To the bench he was at times quite as unceremonious ; and if he thought himself reflected on or interfered with , had instant recourse either to ridicule or invective . There is a celebrated reply in circulation of ...
... tion of the heart . " To the bench he was at times quite as unceremonious ; and if he thought himself reflected on or interfered with , had instant recourse either to ridicule or invective . There is a celebrated reply in circulation of ...
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... that a personal explana- tion should be expected from him afterwards . By his pro- fessional oath , as well as by his professional interest , he is bound to exert every energy for his client ; and 60 CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
... that a personal explana- tion should be expected from him afterwards . By his pro- fessional oath , as well as by his professional interest , he is bound to exert every energy for his client ; and 60 CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
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Página 78 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 310 - 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 310 - 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 304 - 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 310 - 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 298 - You, my lord, are a judge ; I am the supposed culprit: I am a man, you are a man also; by a revolution of power we might change places, though we never could change characters. If I stand at the bar of this court and dare not vindicate my character, what a farce is your justice?
Página 301 - 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 299 - 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 173 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Página 297 - 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...