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" ... the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of woe and death — a death which no innocence can escape, no art elude, no force resist, no antidote prevent. There was an antidote — a juror's oath... "
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 44
1806
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 13

1809 - 530 pages
...There was once an antidote— •A juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain, that bound the integrity of man to the. throne of eternal justice, is solved and melted i \ the breath that issues from- the informer's- mouth ; conscience swings from her moorings, and-...
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Forensic Eloquence: Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, Etc ...

John Philpot Curran - 1804 - 408 pages
...Milton'i defb-iption of Sin and Death. a jurors oath — but even that adamantine chain that bound integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice,...her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted Juror, consults his own safety in the surrender of the victim :— £t quit sibi quisque timcbat, Unites in...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...prevent. — There was an antidote — a juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice,...her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted juror consults his own safety in the surrender of the victim : — Et qus sibi quisque timebat, Urdus iu...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...prevent. — There was an antidotea juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice,...Conscience swings from her mooring, and the appalled and affrigh^ juror consults his own safety in the surrender of tnc victim : — Et qua: sibi quisque timebat,...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 13

1809 - 530 pages
...prevent. There was once an antidote— a juror's oath—but even that adamantine chain, that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice, is solved and melted ia the breath that issues from the informer's mouth ; conscience swings from her moorings, and the...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1810 - 438 pages
...prevent ; — there was an antidote — a juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain, that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice,...her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted juror consults his own safety in the surrender of the victim. The following exhortation to the jury in the...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 358 pages
...fine picture of that hateful tiling, under a corrupt government, that adamantine chain, that bound the integrity of man to the throne of Eternal Justice,...her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted juror consults his own safety in the surrender of the victim : I'l qiix sibi quisque timebat, Unius in miseri...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 368 pages
...hatefnl thing, under » corrupt government, that adamantine chain, that bound the integrity of man t» the throne of Eternal Justice, is solved and melted in the. breath that issues from the informer's mouth—conscience swings from her mooring, and the appalled an'd affrighted Juror consults his own...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...prevent. There was an antidote —A Juror's oath.—but even that adamantine chain, that bound the integrity of man to the throne of Eternal Justice,...melted in the breath that issues from the informer's mouth.—Conscience swings from her mooring,and the appalled and affrighted Juror, consults his own...
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Recollections of Curran and Some of His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - 1818 - 356 pages
...prevent. There was an antidote — a juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice,...her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted juror consults his own safety in the surrender of the victim : Et quae sibi quisque timebat, Unius in miseri...
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