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Memoirs of the legal, literary, and political life of ... John Philpot Curran - Page 118
by William O'Regan - 1817 - 315 pages
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran: To which is Added Henry Gratten, Esq's ...

John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) - Irish - 1805 - 448 pages
...you have feen even his great talents, perhaps the firft in any country, languifhinj? under a caufe too weak to carry him, and too heavy to be. carried, by him'. He was forced to difnrifs his natural candour and fincerity, and, having no merits in his cafe, to fubftitute the dignity...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

Oratory - 1808 - 542 pages
...is,—to be covered and bound by the inexorable laws of its own nature^ so as to be all-wife and dl-just from necessity, rather than election. You have seen it in the learned advocate who has preceded me, <1ost peculiarly and strikingly illustrated—you have seen his great talents, perhaps the first in...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Oratory - 1810 - 516 pages
...to be covered and bound by the inexorable laws of its own nature, so as to be a/l-wise and all-just from necessity, rather than election. You have seen...peculiarly and strikingly illustrated — you have seen his great talents, perhaps the first in any country, languishing under a cause, too weak to carry him,...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 2

John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 348 pages
...to be coerced and bound by the inexorable laws of its own nature, so as to be all-wise and all-just from necessity, rather than election. You have seen...perhaps the first in any country, languishing under a causetoo weak to carry him, and too heavy to be carried by him. He was forced to dismiss his natural...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 2

John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 354 pages
...to be coerced and bound by the inexorable laws of its own nature, so as to be ail-wise and all-just from necessity, rather than election. .You have seen it in the learned advocate who his preceded me, most peculiarly and - strikingly illustrated—you have seen even his great talents,...
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Recollections of Curran and Some of His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - 1818 - 356 pages
...to be coerced and bound by the inexorable laws of its own nature, so as to be all-wise and all-just from necessity rather than election. You have seen...and sincerity, and, having no merits in his case, to take refuge in the dignity of his own manner, the resources of his own ingenuity, from the overwhelming...
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Recollections of Curran, and Some of His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - Biography - 1822 - 434 pages
...and bound by the inexorable laws of its own nature, so as to be all-wise and all-just from nec^s,sity rather than election. You have seen it in the learned...any country, languishing under a cause too weak to BBS carry him, and too heavy to be carried by him. He was forced to dismiss his natural candour and...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...no solicitation, however artful, no talent, however commanding, can reduce it from its allegiance. You have seen it in the learned advocate, who has...carried by him. He was forced to dismiss his natural candor and sincerity, and, having no merits in his case, to substitute the dignity of his own manner,...
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Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators: Phillips ...

Orators - 1834 - 602 pages
...— to be coerced and bound by the inexorable laws of his own nature, so as to be all-mst and oU-jiot from necessity, rather than election. You have seen...dismiss his natural candour and sincerity, and having no merit* in his case, to substitute the dignity of his own manner, the resources of his own ingenuity,...
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Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators, Philips ...

John Philpot Curran, Robert Emmet, Henry Grattan - Ireland - 1840 - 562 pages
...is—to be coerced and bound by the inexorable laws of his own nature, so as to be all-wise and all-just from necessity, rather than election. You have seen...who has preceded me most peculiarly and strikingly illustrated—you have seen even his great talents, perhaps the first in any country, languishing under...
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