 | Crime - 1815 - 706 pages
...country, and who would subject myself to the bondage of the grave to give her independence — aai I to be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny...justice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to meet the ignominj' of the scaffold ; but worse to me than the scaffold's shame or the scaffold's terrors, would... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...grievous calumny of being an emissary of France ? My Lords, it may be part of the system of angryjustice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to meet the ignominy...scaffold's terrors, would be the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition ; and while I have breath, I will call upon my countrymen... | |
 | Martin M'Dermot - 1820 - 1038 pages
...— am I to be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny of being an emissary of France? " My lord, it may be part of the system of angry justice, to...scaffold's shame, or the scaffold's terrors, would have been the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition ; and, while 1 have... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...motives sincerely and truly, to vindicate the principles by which he was actuated ? My Lord, it may be a part of the system of angry justice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to the purposed ignominy of the scaffold; but worse to me than the purposed shame, or the scaffold's terrors,... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...sincerely and truly, and to vin» dicate the principles by which he was actuated I My lord,, it may be a part of the system, of angry justice, to bow a man's mind by humiliation, to the purposed ignominy of the scaflbld ;, but worse to me than the purposed shame, or the scaffold's... | |
 | Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin (Attorney at law) - Crime - 1825 - 532 pages
...calumny of being an emissary of France? ' My lords, it may be part of the system of angry justice, lo bow a man's mind, by humiliation, to meet the ignominy...scaffold's terrors, would be the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition; and while I have breath, I will call upon my countrymen... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...then to be supposed, that I would be slow to make the same sacrifice to my native land ? Am I then to be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny of...scaffold's terrors, would be the imputation of having been the agent wf French despotism and ambition : and while I hare breath, I will call upon my countrymen,... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 368 pages
...then to be supposed, that I would be slow to make the same sacrifice to my native land * Am I then to be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny of...scaffold's terrors, would be the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition : and while I have breath, I will call upon my countrymen,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...— am I to be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny of being an emissary of France? * My Lord, it may be part of the system of angry justice, to...scaffold's terrors, would be the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition ; and while I have breath, I will call upon my countrymen... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...sincerely and truly', and to vindicate the principles by which he was actuated'? My lord', it may be a part of the system of angry justice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to the purposed ignominy of the scaffold': but worse to me than the purposed shame', or the scaffold's... | |
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... of such foul and unfounded imputations as have been laid against me in this court. You, my lord, are a judge ; I am the supposed culprit. 
