Curran and His ContemporariesHarper & brothers, 1862 - 451 páginas |
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... given to the bar and the senate some of their brightest ornaments . [ The person here al- luded to has since been made a bishop . I rejoice to say that a more enlightened successor has reopened the society , and that the Universi . ty ...
... given to the bar and the senate some of their brightest ornaments . [ The person here al- luded to has since been made a bishop . I rejoice to say that a more enlightened successor has reopened the society , and that the Universi . ty ...
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... given in his treatment of Dr. Magee , bishop of Raphoe , afterward Archbishop of Dublin , and author of the celebrated work on the Atonement . Hutch- inson was provost , and had proposed his son for 48 CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES .
... given in his treatment of Dr. Magee , bishop of Raphoe , afterward Archbishop of Dublin , and author of the celebrated work on the Atonement . Hutch- inson was provost , and had proposed his son for 48 CURRAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES .
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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 honorable 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 honorable to violate ) withheld him from doing . The provost had just heard of the ...
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... given me , in some de- gree , the means of gratifying his curiosity . Bob Lyons , the attorney , was a perfect , but , indeed , a very favorable specimen of a class of men now quite extinct in Ireland , and never , per- haps , known in ...
... given me , in some de- gree , the means of gratifying his curiosity . Bob Lyons , the attorney , was a perfect , but , indeed , a very favorable specimen of a class of men now quite extinct in Ireland , and never , per- haps , known in ...
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... given of this Robinson by the historian of the foregoing anecdote . If he does not affect the " nostrils of posterity " in precisely the same manner which has been prophesied , with more strength than delicacy , of a worthy judicial ...
... given of this Robinson by the historian of the foregoing anecdote . If he does not affect the " nostrils of posterity " in precisely the same manner which has been prophesied , with more strength than delicacy , of a worthy judicial ...
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Página 12 - When I remember all The friends so linked together, I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Página 288 - 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 288 - ... 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 276 - 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 184 - ... the wretch that is buried a man, lies till his heart has time to fester and dissolve, and is then dug up a witness.
Página 269 - 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.
Página 282 - 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.
Página 178 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm, In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Página 44 - Talk not to me of peace ! Ireland is not in a state of peace : it is smothered war. England has sown her laws like dragons...
Página 278 - 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.