 | 1803 - 444 pages
...the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into itc bosom. All I request then at departing from the world, is the charity of its silence. Let no man write...repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, till other time* and other men can do justice to my character," . ELFI BEY. — This Mameluke... | |
 | Crime - 1804 - 508 pages
...its bosom. All I request then, at parting from the world, is the charity of its silence. Let no fnan write my epitaph, for as no man who knows my motives...repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain undesciibed, till other times and other men can do justice to my character." The foregoing is a faithful... | |
 | Ireland - 1805 - 428 pages
...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...repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character ; — when my country... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1806 - 508 pages
...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...repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my country takes... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1806 - 516 pages
...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. Let them and me repose in obscurjjy and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 348 pages
...silence. Let no man write my epitaph ; -for as no man who knows my motives dare now vinVoL. If. T . dicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity, and. my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. When my... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 354 pages
...silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vinVOL. IT. T dicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. When my... | |
 | Crime - 1815 - 706 pages
...: the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom. AH I request then, at parting from the world, is the charity of its silence. Let no man write...them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my temb remain undescribed, till other times and other men can do justice to my character." The foregoing... | |
 | John Agg - 1817 - 308 pages
...Let no man write my epitaph ; for as no man, wlio knows my motives, dare now vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them : let them and...repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed until other times and other men can do justice to my character; when my country takes her... | |
 | Edward Baines - Europe - 1818 - 582 pages
...silence. Let nu mau write my epitaph, for as no man who knows my motives will dare to vindicate them, lei not prejudice or ignorance asperse them ; let them...repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain «»inscribed, till other times, and other men, can do justice to my character." At the close of this... | |
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When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth — then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I HAVE DONE. 
