I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is... The Irish Confederates, and the Rebellion of 1798 - Page 73by Henry Martyn Field - 1851 - 369 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1809 - 530 pages
...thus defends him for having professed that his object was to procure ' Universal Emancipation. ' ' I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...soil ; which proclaims, even to the stranger and the sojoumer, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy,... | |
| John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1804 - 408 pages
...Diving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving « UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !"—. I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from theBritish soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment be sets his foot... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...; giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving " UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION!" — I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...the so much censured words of this paper, giving " UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !" — I speak in the spint of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot... | |
| Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...celebrated Mr. Curran, in the course of one of his splendid orations, thus expressed himself: • ' I speak in the spirit of the ' British law, which makes liberty com* meflsurate with, and inseparable from * British soil; which proclaims to the 'stranger and the... | |
| John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 358 pages
...demand it — giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, " UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !** I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soil — which proclaims, even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...metaphor. Curran says, " Giving, in the so much censured words of this paper, " Universal emancipation!" I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soi! — which proclaims, even to the stranger and the sojourncr, the moment he sets his... | |
| Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...demand it — giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, " UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !" I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soil — which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot... | |
| William O'Regan - Lawyers - 1817 - 346 pages
...jt ; giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving " UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION!" I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...British earth, that the ground on which he treads j is holy, and consecrated by the genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. No matter in what language his... | |
| William O'Regan - 1817 - 342 pages
...say, in the so much censured wordg of this .paper, giving " UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION !" J speak in ;tbe spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate....with, and inseparable from, British soil ;. which proclaims;even •to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets bis foot upon British earth,... | |
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