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" I speak not now of the public proclamation of informers, with a promise of secrecy and of extravagant reward ; I speak not of the fate of those horrid wretches who have been so often transferred from the table to the dock, and from the dock to the pillory... "
Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of ... - Page 239
by John Philpot Curran - 1811
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The United Irishmen, Their Lives and Times, Volume 2

Richard Robert Madden - 1842 - 470 pages
...for informers, with a promise of secrecy and extravagant reward ! I speak not of those unfortunate wretches, who have been so often transferred from...day after day during the course of this Commission, while you attended this court : — the number of horrid miscreants, who acknowledged upon their oaths...
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The United States Speaker, a Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...informers, with a promise of secrecy and of extravagant reward ; 1 speak not of the fate of those horrid wretches who have been so often transferred from the...commission, from the box where you are now sitting ; I speak of the horrid miscreants who have avowed, upon their oaths, that they had come from the very...
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History of Ireland and the Irish People: Under the Government of England

Samuel Smiles - Ireland - 1844 - 524 pages
...his home." And then he came to the Informer. " I speak not, " said he, " of the fate of those horrid wretches who have been so often transferred from the...who avowed upon their oaths that they had come from tho very sont of government, from the Castle, where they had been worked upon by the fear of death,...
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The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...informers, with a promise of secrecy and of extravagant reward ; I speak not of the fate of those horrid wretches who have been so often transferred from the...commission, from the box where you are now sitting ; I speak of the horrid miscreants who have avowed, upon their oaths, that they had come from the very...
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History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Philip Harwood - Great Britain - 1844 - 268 pages
...Major. Curran's often-quoted description of the Battalion is not more teirible than true : — ' " I speak of what your own eyes have seen, day after...upon their oaths that they had come from the very scat of government — from the Castle, where they had been worked upon by the fear of death and the...
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History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798: With Memoirs of the Union, and ...

William Hamilton Maxwell - Autonomy and independence movements - 1845 - 576 pages
...for informers, with a promise of secrecy and extravagant reward ! I speak not of those unfortunate wretches, who have been so often transferred from...day after day during the course of this commission, while you attended this court :— the number of horrid miscreants, who acknowledged upon their oaths...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran

John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1847 - 662 pages
...informers, with a promise of secrecy, and of extravagant reward ; I speak not of tho fate of those horrid wretches who have been so often transferred from the...what your own eyes have seen, day after day, during tho course of this commission, from the box where you are now sitting; the number of horrid miscreants,...
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History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Philip Harwood - Ireland - 1848 - 264 pages
...Major. Curran's of ten-quoted description of the Battalion is not more tei rible than true : — " I speak of what your own eyes have seen, day after...upon their oaths that they had come from the very Beat of government — from the Castle, where they had been worked upon by the fear of death and the...
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Curran and His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1850 - 534 pages
...informers, with a promise of secrecy and of extravagant reward ; I speak not of the fate of those horrid wretches who have been so often transferred from the...avowed, upon their oaths, that they had come from the seat of Government — from the Castle — where they had been worked upon by the fear of death and...
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The New American Speaker: A Collection of Oratorical and Dramatical Pieces ...

John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...informers, with a promise of secrecy and of extravagant reward ; I speak not of the fate of those horrid wretches who have been so often transferred from the...upon their oaths that they had come from the very scat of government. — from the castle, where they had been worked upon by the fear ef death and the...
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