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... CURRAN'S ONCE POSSESSED IT . IN LORD BROUGHAM'S I AGAIN ENJOY I T. TO THESE PAGES , THEREFORE , AFFECTIONATELY DEVOTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ONE , I PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY , WITH HIS OWN PERMISSION , PREFIX THE NAME OF THE OTHER . LONDON ...
... CURRAN'S ONCE POSSESSED IT . IN LORD BROUGHAM'S I AGAIN ENJOY I T. TO THESE PAGES , THEREFORE , AFFECTIONATELY DEVOTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ONE , I PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY , WITH HIS OWN PERMISSION , PREFIX THE NAME OF THE OTHER . LONDON ...
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... Curran . When I was called to the bar he was on the bench ; and , not only bagless , but briefless , I was one day with many an associate taking the idle round of the hall of the Four Courts , when a com- mon friend told me he was ...
... Curran . When I was called to the bar he was on the bench ; and , not only bagless , but briefless , I was one day with many an associate taking the idle round of the hall of the Four Courts , when a com- mon friend told me he was ...
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... Curran totally confounded me with a proposal , for which I was anything but prepared " Mr Phillips , as this is the first of , I hope , your very many visits to the Priory , I may as well at once initiate you into the peculiarities of ...
... Curran totally confounded me with a proposal , for which I was anything but prepared " Mr Phillips , as this is the first of , I hope , your very many visits to the Priory , I may as well at once initiate you into the peculiarities of ...
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... Curran was born at Newmarket , a small village in the county of Cork , on the 24th of July 1750. His father , James Curran , seneschal of the manor , was possessed , besides the paltry revenue of the office , of a very moderate income ...
... Curran was born at Newmarket , a small village in the county of Cork , on the 24th of July 1750. His father , James Curran , seneschal of the manor , was possessed , besides the paltry revenue of the office , of a very moderate income ...
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... Curran , who scarcely knew one of his own stories , it had so grown by the carriage . " I see , " said he , " the proverb is quite applicable - Vires acquirit eundo ' - it gathers by Go- ing . " The records of a schoolboy's life afford ...
... Curran , who scarcely knew one of his own stories , it had so grown by the carriage . " I see , " said he , " the proverb is quite applicable - Vires acquirit eundo ' - it gathers by Go- ing . " The records of a schoolboy's life afford ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.