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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 orator, a treasury of English eloquence

Orator - 1864 - 186 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...the dock, and from the dock to the pillory : — I apeak of what your own eyes have seen day after day during the course of this commission, from the...
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History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798;: With Memoirs of the Union, and ...

William Hamilton Maxwell - Ireland - 1866 - 568 pages
...promise of secrecy and extravagant reward ! I speak not of those unfortunate wretches, who have heen so often transferred from the table to the dock, and...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 History of Ireland: From the Treaty of Limerick to the Present ..., Volume 1

Ireland - 1869 - 590 pages
...proclamation for informers, with a promise of secrecy ana extravagant reward. I speak not of those unfortunate wretches who have been so often transferred from the...your own eyes have seen, day after day, during the progress of this commission, while you attended this court — the number of horrid miscreants who...
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The History of Ireland,: From the Treaty of Limerick to the ..., Volume 1

John Mitchel - Ireland - 1869 - 316 pages
...proclamation for informers, with a promise of secrecy and extravagant reward. I speak not of those unfortunate wretches who have been so often transferred from the...your own eyes have seen, day after day, during the progress of this commission, while you attended this court — the number of horrid miscreants who...
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The History of Ireland: From the Treaty of Limerick to the ..., Volumes 1-2

Ireland - 1869 - 608 pages
...forinfurvi •-.«, with a. promise of secrecy and cxtravayant reward. I speak not of those unfortunate wretches who have been so often transferred from the...pillory. I speak of what your own eyes have seen, •lay after day, during the progress of this commission, while you attended this court — the number...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran While at the Bar

John Philpot Curran - Trials - 1872 - 632 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...now sitting; the number of horrid miscreants, who acknowledged, upon their oaths, that they had come from the seat of government — from the very chambers...
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Irish Wit and Humor: Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell

Anecdotes - 1872 - 246 pages
...a poser — a devil of a pinch." EMPLOYMENT OF INFOEMEKS. " 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 5 the number of horrid miscreants who avowed, upon their oaths, that they had come from the seat of...
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The Science and Art of Elocution and Oratory: Containing Specimens of the ...

Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1874 - 424 pages
...extravagant reward ; I speak not of the fate of those horrid wretches who have been so ofton tranferred from the table to the dock, and from the dock to the...pillory ; I speak of what your own eyes have seen day aftei day, during the course of this commission, from the box where you are now sitting ; the number...
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The Art of Speech ...

Luther Tracy Townsend - Oratory - 1881 - 272 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...speak of what your own eyes have seen day after day." — Curran. " I pass over all considerations of the written treasures of antiquity which have survived...
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Treasury of Irish Eloquence: Being a Compendium of Irish Oratory and Literature

English literature - 1887 - 958 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...now sitting; the number of horrid miscreants, who acknowledged, upon their oaths, that they had come from the seat of government — from the very chambers...
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