 | 1803 - 444 pages
...of the grave to give her independence, am I to be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny of being an emissary of France ? My Lords, it may he part of...scaffold's shame, or the scaffold's terrors, would be the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition ; and while I have breath,... | |
 | Loyalist - 1803 - 344 pages
...part of the system qf angry justice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to meet thf ignominy of tht; scaffold ; but worse to me than the scaffold's shame, or the scaffold's terrors, would be the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition; and v.lulc I have breath... | |
 | 1803 - 390 pages
...loaded .with the foul and grievous calumny of being an emisť sarv of France ? " Mv Lords, it may be part of the .system of angry justice to bow a man's mind bv humiliation to. meet the ignominy of the scaffold; but worse to me than the scaffold's sluunc, or... | |
 | 1804 - 508 pages
...be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny of l-.eing an emissary of France f My lords, it may be part of the system of angry justice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to meet the iguo-niny of the scaffold ; but worse to me than the scaffold's shame, or the scaffold's terrors, would... | |
 | James Gordon - 1805 - 280 pages
...sincerely and truly, and to vindicate the principles by which he was actuated. My lords, 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,... | |
 | Francis Plowden - 1806 - 508 pages
...sincerely and truly, and to vindicate the principles by which he was actuated ? My lords, 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... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...he loaded with the foul and grievous ca*. lumny of being an emissary of France ? My Lords, it may be .part of the system of angry justice to bow a man's...scaffold's shame, or the scaffold's terrors, would: be the imputation of having been the agent of French despotism and ambition ; and while I have breath,... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 354 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... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 348 pages
...motives sincerely and truly, to vindicate the principles by which he was actuated ? My lord, if 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... | |
 | 1815 - 706 pages
...to be loaded with the foul and grievous calumny of being an emissary of France ? My lords, it may be part of the system of angry 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... | |
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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. 
