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" ... advocate of society, therefore — of peace — of domestic liberty — and the lasting union of the two countries — I conjure you to guard the liberty of the press, that great sentinel of the state, that grand detector of public imposture; guard... "
Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of ... - Page 95
by John Philpot Curran - 1811
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Forensic Eloquence: Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, Etc ...

John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1804 - 408 pages
...that grand detector of public imposture : guard it, because when it sinks, there sinks wit\» it in one common grave, the liberty of the Subject and the...brought forward till now. In Great Britain, analogous circumstance* iave taken place. At the commencement of that unfortunat» war war which has deluged...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...that grand detector of publick imposture : guard it, because when it sinks, there sinks with it in one common grave, the liberty of the subject and the...for the sake of the court, of the jury, and of the publick repose, that this question has not been brought forward till now. In Great Britain, analogous...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...that grand detector of publick imposture : guard it, because when it sinks, there sinks with it in one common . grave, the liberty of the subject and...for the sake of the court, of the jury, and of the publick repose, that this question has not been brought forward till now. In Great Britain, analogous...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

Oratory - 1808 - 542 pages
...state, that grand detector ot public imposture; guard it, because when it sinks, there sinks with it, in one common grave, the liberty of the subject and the...till now. In Great Britain analogous circumstances hare taken place. At the commencement of that unfortunate war which has deluged Europe with blood,...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 368 pages
...imposture : guard it, because when it sinks, there sinks with it into one common grave, the-liberty of the subject and the security of the crown. ' •...this question has not be'en' brought forward earlier; 1 rejoice for the sake of the court, of the jury, and of the public repose, that this question has...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...that grand detector of public imposture ; guard it, because when it sinks, there sinks with it, in one common grave, the liberty of the subject, and...repose, that this question has not been brought forward until now. In. Great Britain analogous circumstances have taken place. At the commencement of that...
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Recollections of Curran and Some of His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - 1818 - 356 pages
...that grand detector of public imposture ; guard it, because, when it sinks, there sink with it, in one common grave, the liberty of the subject and the security of the crown. " Gentlemen, 1 am glad that this question has not been brought forward earlier ; I rejoice for the sake of the court,...
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The Life of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master ..., Volume 1

William Henry Curran - Lawyers - 1819 - 468 pages
...recollected this fact, and applied it as above. guard it—because when it sinks there sinks with it, in one common grave, the liberty of the subject, and the security of the crown." The concluding passage of this speech (of which the preceding extracts are inserted merely as examples...
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...that grand detector of public imposture : guard it, because, when it sinks, there sinks with it, in one common grave, the liberty of the subject, and the security of the crown. PERORATION TO HIS SPEECH IN DEFENCE OF MR. ROWAN. I CANNOT, however, avoid averting to a circumstance...
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Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of ..., Volume 1

Ireland - 1821 - 518 pages
...state, that grand detector of public imposture. Guard it, because, when it sinks, there sink with it, in one common grave, the liberty of the subject, and the security of the crown. " Gentlemen, I rejoice, for the sake of the court, the jury, and the public repose, that this question has not been...
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